I posted this in the other R&N forum on coronavirus. It probably belongs here:
China grows isolated as airlines cancel more than 50,000 flights amid coronavirus epidemic
Published Thu, Feb 6 2020 1:46 PM EST
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These steps have left China, the world’s second-largest air travel market after the U.S., more isolated. Airlines in dozens of countries — from New Zealand to Finland to the United Arab Emirates — have scaled back service or in the case of U.S. airlines canceled flights altogether to the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong as the coronavirus spreads. This will drive down airlines’ 2020 revenue and deprive other segments of the travel industry, including hotels and retailers, of high-spending tourists.
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