Lufthansa and its subsidiaries are reducing flights to Italian and Asian destinations, the Frankfurt-based airline said on Monday, as the widening coronavirus epidemic continues to weigh on Europe. “In addition, the frequencies on internal German connections from Frankfurt to Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Paderborn, and from Munich to Berlin, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Cologne, Bremen and Hanover will be reduced,’’ Germany’s largest airline said. Lufthansa and its subsidiaries, Swiss and Austrian Airlines, have already cancelled all flights to and from Chinese mainland destinations. Flights to mainland China have been cancelled through April 24 and to Tehran through April 30. “Germany’s capital, Berlin, had confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus,’’ the city’s Department for Health and Equality said on Sunday.

Source: Punch March 02, 2020 12:00 UTC