Lal-lo, Philippines, receives first scheduled flights

Airlines cancel China and other flights due to Coronavirus

Airlines from across the globe are cancelling their respective flights to China in light of the coronavirus outbreak. To date, the virus has caused more than 259 deaths, spreading across China and to at least 24 other countries according to a Reuters report as of February 1.

Given the magnitude of network changes related to flights to/from China, this article is no longer updated. All further adjustments will be reported via Route Network Updates, available for ch-aviation schedules subscribers, and can be accessed via the following links: for mainland China, for Hong Kong, for Macao, and for Taiwan.

All flights from/to Wuhan remain suspended due to the Chinese government imposed a quarantine on the city on January 23.

Below is an updated list of route suspensions by geographical region and in order of capacity provided by carrier group from these origin markets, ch-aviation will regularly update the list:

Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan:

• all carriers are not currently allowed to operate from/to Italy due to an ENAV ban on...

Editorial Comment: This article is no longer updated as of February 7. - 09.02.2020 - 12:51 UTC

royalair philippines adds first A320-200

royalair philippines (RW, Clark) has added its first A320-200 in the form of RP-C9799 (msn 2529), ch-aviation research has revealed.

The aircraft is 14.4 years old is owned by Minsheng Financial Leasing, the ch-aviation fleets advanced module shows, and was last in service for Lanmei Airlines (LQ, Phnom Penh) which retired it at the end of the Summer 2019 season. Flightradar24 ADS-B data shows it was subsequently flown to Clark for maintenance on October 31, 2019, before returning to Phnom Penh on December 3. It was then redelivered to Clark by January 6, 2020.

royalair currently operates two A319-100s, deploying them on scheduled routes from the Philippines to China and Cambodia. The A320 is provisionally scheduled to enter revenue service on January 9, flying from Manila Ninoy Aquino Int'l to Sihanoukville.

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