Ukraine's largest airline cancels series of flights to 16 countries due to virus outbreak

Source: Xinhua| 2020-03-11 03:32:56|Editor: yan
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KIEV, March 10 (Xinhua) -- The Ukraine International Airlines (UIA), Ukraine's largest airline, canceled series of flights to Italy and 15 other countries due to the coronavirus outbreak, the UIA's press service said Tuesday on its Facebook page.

"In response to the recommendations of governments of many countries to avoid mass action, limit the intensity of traffic between countries and the associated decline in air travel demand, the UIA cancels some flights to Italy, Switzerland, Greece, Germany, Israel, Spain, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Finland, Denmark, as well as the second frequency of individual domestic flights within Ukraine," read the message.

Further decisions of the UIA in the context of the introduction of quarantine in Italy will be announced later, the UIA's press service added.

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