Covid-19: 8-in-10 Singapore-China flights cancelled
Passenger traffic from other countries like Japan, South Korea, Germany and the US has also started to fall
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MORE than 80 per cent of the flights between Singapore and mainland China have been cancelled since the novel coronavirus outbreak, and passenger traffic from other regions have also started to fall, the Ministry of Transport (MOT) said on Tuesday.
"The impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on our air hub is significant," said the ministry. There are now fewer than 80 services per week between Singapore and mainland China, down from more than 400 before the outbreak, it added.
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