Virgin Atlantic has suspended operations to Shanghai as a new coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across China. British Airways announced a similar move earlier in the week.
A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said: “The safety and security of our customers and staff is always our number one priority. We continue to monitor the coronavirus situation very carefully and following the World Health Organisation declaration of a public health emergency of international concern, Virgin Atlantic has brought forward the suspension of Heathrow-Shanghai operations.”
Flight VS250 to Shanghai will depart today, while and the final in-bound flight will be VS251 on Saturday.
Virgin added in a statement: “We apologise to our customers who were due to travel to China for any inconvenience this will cause. A policy is in place for customers who are booked to travel to China and Hong Kong, to reschedule or receive a refund.”
