Asian airlines slash flights to Hong Kong as unrest escalates


  • World
  • Monday, 18 Nov 2019

A protester's umbrella catches on fire during clashes with police outside Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong, China November 17, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Several Asian airlines have cut flights to Hong Kong for the coming weeks, an industry scheduling publication showed, as anti-government protests in the city grow increasingly violent and disrupt daily life.

Routes Online said the latest schedules showed cancellations from PT Garuda Indonesia (Persero) Tbk , India's SpiceJet Ltd , Malaysia's AirAsia Group Bhd , South Korea's JejuAir Co Ltd <089590.KS> and Jin Air Co Ltd <272450.KS> and the Philippines' PAL Holdings Inc and Cebu Air Inc .

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