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China suspends Etihad Airways Shanghai route from August 24 – Metro US

China suspends Etihad Airways Shanghai route from August 24

FILE PHOTO: A visitor walks past the Etihad Aviation Group
FILE PHOTO: A visitor walks past the Etihad Aviation Group logo on display during the fifth day of Dubai Air Show in Dubai

BEIJING (Reuters) – China has suspended Etihad Airways’ route from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai for one more week starting on Aug. 24 due to COVID-19 infections on an Aug. 15 flight, the Shanghai city government said on Tuesday.

China had previously suspended the company’s Abu Dhabi-Shanghai route for one week from Aug. 17.

(Reporting by Lusha Zhang and Brenda Goh; Editing by Kim Coghill)