LATAM Airways cuts extra flights as virus spreads

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LATAM Airways cuts extra flights as virus spreads

SANTIAGO, March 29 (Reuters) - LATAM Airways LTM.SN, Latin America's largest service, mentioned on


SANTIAGO, March 29 (Reuters)LATAM Airways LTM.SN, Latin America’s largest service, mentioned on Sunday that it’ll droop additional worldwide routes till the tip of April because of journey restrictions and decrease demand amid a worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

The airline had already introduced final week that it could reduce its worldwide operations by 90% and home operations by 40% in response to the outbreak, which has led to over 30,000 deaths worldwide.

The airline mentioned that the one routes that it could proceed to function with restricted frequency could be between Chilean capital Santiago and São Paulo in Brazil, and a few routes between these cities and Miami, New York and Los Angeles.

Latin America’s main airways have sharply curtailed worldwide and regional flights amid the pandemic. LATAM Airways mentioned earlier this month it could halve the salaries of its 43,000 workers.

The airline mentioned that affected passengers will be capable of reschedule their journeys up till the tip of the yr at no further price and that the worth of tickets could be routinely held as credit score for future journeys.

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(Reporting by Natalia Ramos; Writing by Adam Jourdan; Enhancing by Lisa Shumaker)

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