Earlier, Hong Kong did it on 2nd of April , Now china is repeating the same ! Case of Covid-19 rules breach and respective flights are being suspended.
China's civil aviation regulator (CAAC) has announced the suspension of a RwandAir flight, an Ethiopian Airlines flight and a Turkish Airlines flight after several passengers on the routes tested positive for COVID-19, recently.
► On the March 23rd, five passengers tested positive on Ethiopian Airlines flight ET684 and the flight will be suspended for two weeks starting April 12. The time till April 12th can be treated as generous to adjust their flights by the travellers .
► On 21st March, Five passengers tested positive on RwandAir flight WB9500, and the flight will be suspended for two weeks starting April 5th, said the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC). As we see, this is a short notice, which will sweat out passengers to change their travel plans.
► A total of 14 passengers tested positive on Turkish Airlines flight TK72 on March 24th, and the flight will be suspended for four weeks starting April 19th. which is ample time to change flight plans.
Earlier, On 16th December, 2020, the regulator (CAAC) had updated its 'reward and suspension' mechanism introduced in June-2020, to further arrest the spread of COVID-19 infections.
The latest CAAC policy says, a flight suspension will be extended from one week to two weeks if the number of passengers testing positive reaches five and
a suspension will last for four weeks if the number of passengers who test positive for COVID-19 reaches 10.
