African Airlines Lose $400m Since Virus Outbreak - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
Publisher (J.T)
March 4, 2020
African Airlines have lost 400 million dollars sincethe outbreak of the coronavirus in China in February, according to the globalairline industry body.
The epidemic is not as widespread in Africa as inother continents, but it has led airlines like South African Airways, Royal AirMaroc, Air Tanzania, Air Mauritius, EgyptAir, RwandAir and Kenya Airways to suspendflights to and from China.
The continent’s largest airline, Ethiopian Airlines,is still operating flights to and from five cities in China.
Vice President of the International Air TransportAssociation, Raphael Kuuchi, said that the losses in the continent’s aviationindustry have so far come from suspended and cancelled flights on routes toChina.