The Korean government has declared the highest alert as the number of confirmed cases in Korea hit 800. Among the many changes happening due to the epidemic, one of the key changes is airlines cancelling flights to and from Korea. The list includes Vietnam Airlines, Air Asia,
Korean Air
A Korean Air flight attendant boarded on flights between Incheon and Los Angeles from February 19th to 20th. It was also confirmed that the cabin crew boarded flights between Incheon and Tel Aviv prior to that. 30 confirmed cases of COVID-19 were developed after a group of Catholic Koreans returned from a pilgrimage to Israel. Korean Air has put 23 cabin crew members who boarded flights with the confirmed flight attendant under self-quarantines.
Flights from Incheon to Atlanta, Los Angeles and New York will operate on aircraft of reduced sizes.
Incheon ↔ Tel Aviv
- Cancelled until March 28th
Asiana Airlines
Incheon ↔ Kaohsiung
- Cancelled until March 28th
Incheon ↔ Taipei
- Cancelled until March 28th
Incheon ↔ Taichung
- Cancelled from March 16th to March 28th
Cathay Pacific
Incheon ↔ Hong Kong
- Cancelled from March 1st to March 28th.
Busan ↔ Hong Kong
- Cancelled until March 28th.
Jeju ↔ Hong Kong
- Cancelled until March 28th.
Vietnam Airlines
Cancelled flights are as below:
Hanoi ↔ Incheon
VN414, VN415
- February 16, 26, 28
- March 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26
Ho Chi Minh ↔ Incheon
VN404, VN405
- March 4, 7, 11, 14, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28
VN406, VN407
- February 21, 23, 28
- March 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27
Nha Trang ↔ Incheon
VN440, VN 441
- February 17-29
- March 1-28
Da Nang ↔ Incheon
VN430, VN431
- February 17-29
- March 1-28
Air Asia
Air Asia has decided to reduce 4 routes between Southeast Asia and Korea. The reduced routes are as below:
- Don Mueang Bangkok ↔ Incheon: March 6-26 / 21 flights
- Incheon ↔ Kuala Lumpur: March 12-19 / 14 flights
- Busan ↔ Kuala Lumpur: March 3-19 / 6 flights
- Jeju ↔ Kuala Lumpur: March 2-12 / 4 flights
Air Macau
Cancelled flights are as below:
Macau ↔ Incheon
NX826 (OZ6866), NX822 (OZ6868), NX825 (OZ6865), NX821 (OZ6867)
- March 1-28
Philippine Airlines
Cancelled flights are as below:
Manila ↔ Incheon
PR468, PR469
- March 1-31
Manila ↔ Busan
PR418, PR419
- March 2-30: Operating daily → operating on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays
Singapore Airlines
Cancelled flights:
Busan ↔ Singapore
- February 26, March 2, March 6
Incheon ↔ Singapore
- Most flights cancelled until March 26
Thai Airways
Bangkok ↔ Busan
- Reduced flights from 5 round trips per week to 4 per week: February 27-March 6
Bangkok ↔ Seoul
- Reduced from 5 flights per day to 4 per day: February 26-March 28
