The tourism industry of Japan will incur losses in million dollars when the two biggest airlines of the country cancel flights from China.
Both Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways have declared that they are cutting the number of flights to and from China due to a decline in the demand of tickets after the deadly coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan.
The two biggest airlines of Japan say that they are cutting down the number of flights to and from China because of a fall in bookings due to the outbreak of coronavirus.
Likewise, smaller airlines like Jetstar Japan and Spring Airlines Japan are canceling services too.
From today, Jetstar Japan will stop flights linking Narita with Shanghai.
The cancellations of flight will have a snowball chain-reaction on Japanese hotels, travel and tour, shopping malls, food and beverage industries, with about 400,000 Chinese visitors calling off their trips to Japan until March.
JAL will hang up services unite Tokyo’s Narita International with Beijing and Shanghai, and flights between Chubu airport in central Japan, and Shanghai.
The suspension will start Feb 17 and are scheduled to run till March 28.
Also, ANA will pull out its Narita-Beijing route from Feb 10 until late March.
It will divide the number of flights between Haneda airport in Tokyo and Beijing, after suspending its route connecting Narita with Wuhan
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From today, Jetstar Japan will stop flight services connecting Narita with Shanghai, as Spring Airlines Japan has by now stopped its route linking Narita with Wuhan.
Airlines, hotels, travel and tour, shopping malls, food and beverage industry officials are quite panic-stricken about the virus’ backlash as its anticipated that it will have a spiraling negative chain reaction on their businesses.
“The virus has not only put a damper to businesses in China but has somewhat become ‘contagious’ affecting neighboring countries in the region.
“It certainly is a very bad start to the Chinese Lunar Year of the Rat,” said an industry official who wished not to be named.
