FILE PHOTO: Members of the Thai Airways crew disinfect the cabin of an aircraft of the national carrier during a procedure to prevent the spread of the coronavirus at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi International Airport, Thailand, Jan 28, 2020. LONDON: The coronavirus outbreak is causing travel demand across the whole Asia Pacific region to slump, data showed on Thursday , as the impact of the flu-like illness on future bookings spreads beyond China.
ForwardKeys, a travel analytic company, said that airline bookings from across the region were 10.5 per cent lower for March and April 2020 compared with last year. That drop excludes trips to and from China and Hong Kong.