How are airlines and cruises coping with the U.S. warning on travel to China?
U.S. government officials warned Americans on Monday to avoid unnecessary travel to China as the country grapples with a deadly coronavirus outbreak. Airlines and cruise lines are responding to travel restrictions, and travelers who choose to go to China should be ready for the possibility that the Chinese government could curtail their movements with little warning, U.S. State Department officials said.
While officials’ efforts to control the virus’s spread will hopefully succeed, it’s “too soon to say right now” whether that will be the case, Weisenberg said. Airlines are waiving some flight-change fees Officials are screening travelers for the virus at airports in five major U.S. cities to which flights from Wuhan had been routed, according to the Associated Press: New York’s JFK Airport, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta and San Francisco. The CDC is also increasing its staff at 20 U.S.
Some cruise lines are canceling trips The cruise lines Costa Cruises, Royal Caribbean RCL, +2.77% and MSC Cruises have collectively canceled at least a dozen trips to and from China in response to the outbreak, according to a Monday roundup by the cruise-review site Cruise Critic, a subsidiary of TripAdvisor TRIP, +0.10%.
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