India's flag carrier airline, Air India, on Thursday suspended all flights to mainland China till June 20 in view of the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in the country. Earlier, the state-owned national carrier had suspended flights till March 28. According to Zee Media sources, the decision by Air India to suspend all flights to China till June 20 was taken during a high-level meeting held on Wednesday evening. The Air India CMD is expected to make a formal announcement in this regard today. Several Indians and Maldivians were evacuated from China’s Wuhan by Air India special flights earlier in February.

Source: dna February 20, 2020 10:52 UTC