SYDNEY - Airlines canceled more flights on Monday as Australia and New Zealand warned against non-essential domestic travel, the United Arab Emirates halted flights for two weeks and Singapore and Taiwan banned foreign transit passengers in the coronavirus battle.
“It is a war against a virus,” Andrew Herdman, director general of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, told Reuters in a telephone interview. The decision takes effect in 48 hours, it added, although cargo and emergency evacuation flights were exempted. Emirates said on its website it would temporarily suspend all passenger services for two weeks starting March 25 due to the government directive.
“Without a domestic segment, the group’s airlines become more vulnerable when international markets increasingly restrict the free movement of people or ban air travel altogether,” it said, announcing plans to ground most of its fleet.
Jamie_Freed Airlines will need some guarantees through low interest or no interest borrowing. Regardless of how ppl feel the airlines are vital to the global economy. So are Hotels/Restaurants. We can’t lose these critical industries. They employ millions of ppl.
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