Original title: Chengdu Tianfu International Airport plans to reduce flights and many airlines issue ticket refund and change policies
China News Service, Chengdu, July 29 (Shan Peng) Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (hereinafter referred to as Tianfu Airport) revealed on the 29th that the planned number of flights at Tianfu Airport on the 29th was reduced from 269 to 98. As of 16:20, 70 flights were executed, and the subsequent daily planned flight volume was adjusted according to the epidemic prevention and control situation.
Airport employees performed nucleic acid tests overnight. (Photo courtesy of Tianfu Airport)
According to a press conference on the prevention and control of the epidemic in Chengdu on the evening of the 28th, a 36-year-old male staff member of the Tianfu Airport terminal area tested positive for nucleic acid in the afternoon of the 28th. The staff member arrived at Tianfu Airport from Changde on flight MU9886 on the evening of the 25th. , Work in the terminal building all day and the next day, rest in the dormitory area at night; work in the terminal building during the day on the 27th, drive to Angel Children’s Hospital to visit patients at 19:00, and then drive back to the dormitory; consultation by the clinical expert group on the 28th , Diagnosed as asymptomatic infection. The 3 local confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia found in Chengdu earlier also returned to Chengdu Tianfu Airport from Changde on flight MU9886 on the 25th.
It is understood that after the outbreak of the epidemic, the Tianfu Airport Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters held a special deployment meeting overnight to adopt multiple rounds of nucleic acid testing for all employees, isolate employees on the spot, and eliminate the airport terminal building, working area and living area. Strengthen employee health monitoring, activity track management and other prevention and control measures to ensure the safe travel of passengers.
The staff sterilized the facilities and equipment of the terminal building. (Photo courtesy of Tianfu Airport)
At present, 8 airlines operating at Tianfu Airport, including Air China, Sichuan Airlines, and Eastern Airlines, have issued ticket refund and modification policies involving Chengdu routes. Tianfu Airport reminds passengers to pay close attention to the latest flight developments and the epidemic prevention and control situation, and contact the airlines and local disease control departments they take in time to avoid delays in their journeys. (Finish)
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