Asian Airlines Cancel, Reroute Flights to Avoid Taiwan Airspace Amid China’s Military Drills

A man wearing a face mask walks by a flight information board at the Haneda International Airport in Tokyo, Japan, on Dec. 28, 2020. Koji Sasahara/AP Photo

Asian airlines have canceled or rerouted their flights to avoid Taiwan’s airspace as China continues to conduct live-fire drills around Taiwan in a diplomatic tit-for-tat move against the United States.

Malaysia Airlines Bhd said on Friday that it would cancel flights to and from Taipei on Saturday, and reroute its flights to Japan and South Korea to avoid the airspace affected by Chinese military drills.