Charters from Russia to China canceled

Charter flights of Russian airlines to and from China from February 14 canceled as part of measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.

Russia against the background of the epidemic of a new virus from February 1, restricts air traffic with China: all regular flights have been stopped - except for flights of the largest domestic airline Aeroflot to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, and flights of four Chinese airlines.

The Minister of transport Dietrich said that Russia is not considering the option of a complete closure of flights with China.

A separate terminal F at Sheremetyevo Airport (Moscow) is allocated for Russia-China flights, and the rest of the flights are withdrawn from it to other terminals.
The number of medical workers at the airport has been increased, the airport terminals are equipped with thermal imaging devices, personal protective equipment, isolators with a separate entrance from the apron are ready to work, they will exclude the mixing of flows of healthy passengers and infected passengers.

In late 2019, Chinese authorities reported an outbreak of pneumonia of unknown origin in the city of Wuhan, Hubei province. The causative agent is a new type of coronavirus COVID-2019.

Source: ria