Coronavirus: China grows more isolated as airlines cancel more than 46,000 flights

China grows increasingly isolated as coronavirus prompts airlines to cancel more than 46,000 flights

The country is the world's second-largest aviation market after the U.S.

Passengers wearing respiratory masks wait to check in at Air China's counter on January 31, 2020 at Rome's Fiumicino airport, as a number of airlines halted or reduced flights to China while the country struggles to contain the spread of the deadly novel coronavirus.Dai Xin planned to fly to the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang this month to celebrate her 40th birthday.

These steps have left China, the world's second-largest air travel market after the U.S., more isolated. Airlines in dozens of countries — from New Zealand to Finland to the United Arab Emirates — have scaled back service or in the case of U.S.

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