--- title: "Airlines Are Suspending Flights to China Amid Outbreak" description: "American, United, and Delta airlines announced they are suspending all flights to and from China due to concerns over the recent coronavirus outbreak." date: "2020-01-31" modified: "2020-01-31" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor" url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/airlines-suspending-flights-china-amid-outbreak" categories: - "Developments" - "Health & Medicine" tags: - "coronavirus" - "epidemic" - "virus" --- # Airlines Are Suspending Flights to China Amid Outbreak ![American, United, and Delta airlines announced they are suspending all flights to and from China due to concerns over the recent coronavirus outbreak.]() *\Image: Image via Pxhere/Victor Tangermann\* American, United, and Delta airlines have announced that they are suspending all flights to and from China due to concerns over the recent [coronavirus outbreak](), [*The Verge* reports](). British Airways also [suspended]() all China flights earlier this week. Thursday night, the US Department of State [increased]() the China Travel Advisory to a Level 4, restricting all non-essential travel, shortly after the World Health Organization [declared]() the outbreak a "public health emergency of international concern." Delta is suspending all US to China flights from February 6 until at least April 30. Until February 6, the airline will continue to operate flights "to ensure customers looking to exit China have options to do so," according to an [official statement](). The last flight to China will leave on February 3. American Airlines will suspend all flights to and from the Chinese mainland from now through March 27th and will make "any adjustments as necessary" thereafter, according to a [statement](). United Airlines suspended flights from the US to major Chinese cities from [February 6 to March 28]() as well. As of Friday, there are now 9,776 confirmed cases and 213 total deaths caused by the rapidly spreading coronavirus, also known as 2019-nCoV, according to the [John Hopkins virus dashboard](). ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]()