On Wednesday (Jan. 29), Scoot announced the suspension of all flights between Singapore and Wuhan until the end of March 2020.

But some Wuhan residents were left stranded in Singapore, affected by the airline's cancellations.

Scoot helps Wuhan residents leave Singapore

To help them return home, Scoot mounted a flight from Singapore to Wuhan on Thursday (Jan. 29).

According to The Straits Times, the Wuhan residents were taken to a designated but unmarked check-in counter at Changi Airport Terminal 2.

The flight, TR120, eventually departed from Singapore at 10:20pm on Jan. 29 and landed at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport at 3am on Jan. 30.

Return Scoot flight carried Singaporeans

The return flight TR121 departed Wuhan for Singapore at about 7am on Jan. 30.

The plane carried 92 passengers, all Singaporeans.

Scoot said that the plane was disinfected prior to boarding.

It landed in Changi Airport at 11:40am on Jan. 30.

Upon arrival in Singapore, the aircraft was disinfected again and the returning Singaporeans underwent medical screening.

They will be quarantined for 14 days.

Here is Scoot's full statement:

"In view of the lockdown of Hubei province in China, Scoot suspended its Singapore-Wuhan return flights from 23 January 2020 to 29 March 2020.

In order to facilitate the return of passengers who were affected by these cancellations, Scoot mounted a Singapore-Wuhan flight TR120 on 29 January 2020 to fly back some of these affected passengers who wished to return to Wuhan.

Flight TR120 Singapore-Wuhan departed Singapore at 10:20pm on 29 January 2020 and landed at Wuhan Tianhe International Airport about 3am on 30 January 2020.

The return flight TR121 departed Wuhan for Singapore at about 7am on 30 January 2020, carrying Singapore citizens who were in Wuhan. It landed in Singapore at about 11:40am.

The health and safety of our employees and passengers were our highest priority for both the Singapore-Wuhan and Wuhan-Singapore flights.

Temperature screening was conducted at check-in and before boarding, and any passengers found to be febrile would not have been allowed to board.

Surgical masks were provided to all passengers, and all operating crew were required to wear N95 masks and surgical gloves on board the flights.

The flight operated with limited in-flight service, where there was no distribution of food and beverages or sale of duty-free products.

Food packs were pre-placed on the seats.

This greatly limited the physical interactions between passengers and crew. The aircraft was disinfected in Wuhan before boarding commenced for TR121, as well as upon arrival in Singapore.

Scoot will not be operating a second flight from Singapore to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport today."

Top image from Scoot.