By Jamie Freed
By Jamie Freed
SYDNEY, March 6 (Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd QAN.AX mentioned on Friday it might lower extra worldwide capability this month because it grapples with falling demand attributable to an escalation within the coronavirus outbreak in international locations past China.
The newest cuts to locations together with Tokyo, Sapporo, Osaka, Hong Kong and Auckland are on high of its grounding the equal of 18 planes because it lower worldwide and home capability final month.
“The coronavirus scenario and its affect on worldwide journey demand is evolving and we’re monitoring intently,” the Australian airline mentioned in a press release on Friday.
“Additional modifications are anticipated.”
Australia has recorded 60 circumstances of an infection and two aged individuals have died from the virus. Globally, the virus has unfold to greater than 60 international locations. Virtually 91,000 have been contaminated and over 3,000 have died, most of them in China.
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