Thai Airways has announced a temporary suspension of flights across the Asia Pacific and Europe this week in response to the spread of COVID-19.

In a statement released on Tuesday, the company said the ongoing global outbreak of COVID-19 meant that several countries in Europe and Asia had "intensely increased" preventive measures, including screening by local Ministries of Public Health and Civil Aviation Organizations as well as national lockdown, prompting a temporary suspension of certain international services.

All Asian routes were deferred from March 25 until May 31, to be followed by flights to Australia (March 27- May 31) and Europe (April 1- May 31).

Thai Airways suspension of flights - At a glance: 

• Starting on 25 March 2020: Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo (Narita and Haneda), Osaka, Nagoya, Seoul, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi, Yangon, Singapore, Jakarta, Denpasar, Kunming, Xiamen, Chengdu, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Karachi, Kathmandu, Lahore, Dhaka, Islamabad, and Colombo. For domestic flights to Chiang Mai, Phuket, and Krabi will be transferred and operated by THAI Smile.
• Starting on 27 March 2020: Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and Perth.
• Starting on 1 April 2020: THAI will cancel most of its flights to Europe which are London, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels, Copenhagen, Oslo, Moscow and Stockholm.

Thai Airways has already suspended flights to Sendai, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Busan, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, Rome, Milan, Vienna, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Muscat, Dubai, and Auckland.

The airline says it will still operate cargo service in some routes and will operate charter flight if there are stranded passengers or requested by government agencies concerned, with the company to inform passengers accordingly if there is some flight adjustment.

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