Korean Air Suspends Incheon-Beijing Route from March 28 to April 25
[Asia Economy Beijing=Special Correspondent Park Sun-mi] Korean Air will temporarily suspend its Incheon-Beijing route from March 28 to April 25.
On the 23rd, Korean Air announced that due to China's implementation of a measure requiring all international flights arriving in Beijing to first land at nearby city airports for quarantine and disinfection procedures starting that day, it has decided to temporarily suspend the Incheon-Beijing route from March 28 to April 25.
Korean Air's flights to Beijing will operate normally only on the 23rd, 25th, and 27th. According to the "Notice No. 2 on Priority Landing Sites for International Flights to Beijing," these flights will first arrive in Qingdao before reaching Beijing, where special quarantine procedures for passengers will be conducted on-site. The waiting time for quarantine in Qingdao is expected to be about 7 hours.
Asiana Airlines is also reportedly planning to finalize the operation status of its Beijing-bound flights on the 26th and 28th soon. Asiana's Beijing route has been assigned Dalian as the priority landing site.
China is implementing a measure from this day onward to prevent the re-importation of COVID-19 by requiring all international flights arriving in Beijing to first land at nearby city airports for quarantine and disinfection procedures.
According to the "Notice No. 2 on Priority Landing Sites for International Flights to Beijing," starting from 0:00 on this day, all international flights to Beijing must first land at nearby airports to undergo temperature checks, immigration procedures, luggage disinfection, and other quarantine processes. Only passengers who meet the re-boarding conditions can board the same flight again to proceed to Beijing. The priority landing sites include 12 airports: Tianjin, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan, Hohhot, Shanghai Pudong Airport, Jinan, Qingdao, Nanjing, Shenyang, Dalian, Zhengzhou, and Xi'an.
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Chinese media Global Times reported that currently, there are 12 airlines operating international routes to Beijing, including 3 Chinese airlines and 9 foreign airlines. However, besides Korean airlines, other foreign airlines are also considering reducing their Beijing routes. It is known that airlines such as Emirates and Singapore Airlines have already canceled their Beijing flights and are adjusting their schedules.
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