HANOI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The coronavirus has value Vietnamese airways about 10 trillion dong ($430
HANOI, Feb 12 (Reuters) – The coronavirus has value Vietnamese airways about 10 trillion dong ($430 million) to date in misplaced revenues following journey curbs between Vietnam and China, the federal government mentioned on Wednesday.
Vietnam declared a public well being emergency over the epidemic on Feb. 1 and banned all flights to and from China, the place greater than 1,000 folks have died from the virus.
The ban would have an effect on about 400,000 passengers a month, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam mentioned in an announcement. The variety of passengers on all worldwide flights fell 14.1% in the course of the first week of February from a yr earlier, it added.
Vietnam Airways HVN.HM, Vietjet Aviation VJC.HM and Jetstar Pacific Airways conduct business flights on 72 routes between Vietnam and China.
Vietnam Airways and Vietjet didn’t instantly reply to emails searching for remark.
“The flights (to and from China) can solely be resumed underneath the approval from the…