Foreign Airlines Told to Cut Passengers Into Covid-Hit Shanghai
- Planes flying to financial hub should be less than half full
- City is grappling with its worst outbreak ever as cases climb
A robot sprays disinfectant at the Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai.
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International airlines have been told to ensure that flights into Shanghai are less than half full as part of the Chinese financial hub’s latest attempt to curb the spread of Covid-19, according to people familiar with the matter.
Non-Chinese carriers were instructed by Shanghai’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday to reduce passenger loads to a maximum of 40% starting April 11 until at least the end of the month, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information is confidential. Capacity on foreign flights already has a ceiling of 75%.