- US airlines are cutting services to Asian cities outside of China as coronavirus spreads across national boundaries.
- Delta Air Lines and Hawaiian Airlines were the first to suspend routes and reduce frequencies to Seoul, South Korea.
- United Airlines announced Friday it would suspend certain routes to Tokyo while reducing frequencies and downgrading planes on other routes to Asian cities.
- Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories .
Getty/NurPhoto/Yichuan Cao
As the novel coronavirus continues to show little regard for international borders, US airlines are beginning to greatly scale back their services abroad.
While all US carriers have pulled back from China including the mainland and Hong Kong, airlines are now beginning to cut services on routes that don't touch Chinese territory .
Delta Air Lines started the trend when it suspended service between Minneapolis and Seoul while reducing frequencies from its other Asian gateways in the US. Hawaiian Airlines came soon after, suspending its Honolulu-Seoul route until the end of April.
With low demand greatly affecting international travel, air routes to non-affected countries are slowly starting to be impacted with service suspensions, reduced frequencies, or downgraded aircraft.
Here's the list of airlines minimizing their global footprint in the wake of the expanded coronavirus outbreak in the Eastern Hemisphere.
See Also:
- What you need to know about changing or canceling your travel plans because of the coronavirus, as outbreaks spread to every continent except Antarctica
- Airlines around the world are now using hospital-grade disinfectants to sterilize planes to stave off the coronavirus
- 3 airlines are canceling flights between the US and coronavirus hotspots outside of China here's the full list
SEE ALSO: Korean Air flight attendant with coronavirus reportedly serviced 400-seat aircraft that flew between South Korea and US twice here's the list of the known routes she flew
Read More: At least 62 airlines have canceled flights beyond China amid fears coronavirus is spreading globally here's the full list