American Airlines, United, and European airlines are pulling flights to China as the coronavirus spreads and fears mount UAL, AAL, DAL

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American Airlines, United Airlines, and other airlines around the world including British Airways, Lufthansa, Swiss, and Austrian Airlines, said they would cancel flights to China amid the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak.

Fears of the virus have led to plummeting demand for travel to China. The US Department of State issued a travel warning to China on Tuesday.

Delta Air Lines, which also flies to China, did not immediately return a request for comment.

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American Airlines said on Wednesday that it would cancel some of its flights to China, joining rival United as demand plummets amid the coronavirus outbreak.

American confirmed to Business Insider that it was canceling flights from Los Angeles to Shanghai and Beijing from February 9 through March 27. The airline planned to continue operating China flights from Dallas-Fort Worth and Los Angeles to Hong Kong.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Why Tesla's Model 3 received top crash-test safety ratingsSee Also:Airlines are cutting flights to China and the coronavirus could be a 'substantial' risk for the industry, an analyst warnsThe US just issued a travel warning for China because of the coronavirus outbreakThe helicopter that carried Kobe Bryant and 8 others before crashing on a hillside did not have a black box on board, investigators saySEE ALSO: The Wuhan coronavirus has killed 132 people and infected more than 6,000. Here's everything we know about the outbreak.

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