Etihad cancels Shanghai flights following positive virus tests
Future travelers to the Chinese city will have to comply with stricter regulations from the Abu Dhabi-based airline.
Etihad Airways canceled flights to and from Shanghai following passengers testing positive for the coronavirus on arrival there. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier will tighten already strict virus-related regulations on passengers as it continues to fly amid the pandemic.
Six passengers aboard an Aug. 3 flight from Abu Dhabi to Shanghai tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 upon landing in the Chinese city. The passengers presented negative COVID-19 tests taken within 96 hours of their flight, which is a requirement for all passengers entering, transiting through and leaving the United Arab Emirates (UAE). They also did not exhibit symptoms, an Etihad Airways spokesperson told Al-Monitor.
