THAI claims limited impact from new coronavirus crisis

THAI has said that the new coronavirus outbreak has affected its business only to a small extent, as most of its flights are to destinations in Europe, airline president Sumeth Damrongchaitham said. “Compared to other airlines, THAI has only a few flight routes to China, while our average cabin factor in January is at 80%,” he added. “We estimate that the new coronavirus will affect the airline’s business in the first 3 months of 2020, which is a relatively short period compared to outbreaks of other diseases, such as SARS, which had affected our business for the whole year,” said Sumeth. Sumeth added that he and deputy transport minister Thaworn Senniam will inspect the cleaning and disinfecting processes of THAI’s planes at Suvarnahbumi to assure the passengers that they will be safe from coronavirus. <br/>