Thailand reveals new coronavirus More than 60% of passengers dragged down, airlines canceled 30 flights a day.
Mr. Apirat Chaiwongnoi, Deputy Director-General, Department of Highways Acting on behalf of the Director-General of the Department of Airports (TU) Disclose statistics of the flight service and the number of passengers entering the airport of the Department of Airports of 20 places that have requested to fly. Of all 28 locations across the country, during the New Year 2021 there were an average of 160 flights per day. But since then, the flight volume has steadily decreased by more than 40%, now it is only 100 flights a day.
Apirat said that due to the impact of the new COVID-19 outbreak, people were afraid to travel. And still uncertain about the detention measures of each province and how to proceed Resulting in various airlines Began to gradually cancel many routes continuously.
However, at present, the airline has sent a letter to TU, requesting to extend the period of assistance on landing fees for some already. Due to the expiration of the measure on 31 December 2020, further details of assistance must be discussed.
News reports from the Ministry of Transport States that for the cancellation of flights in the airport under the Department of Airports According to statistics, airlines have begun to request a large number of flights cancellation requests. Beginning on January 6 the past. On January 6, the airline announced 30 flights cancellation and on January 7, 30 total flights canceled or 30 flights per day. Only 100 flights per day left The number of passengers at the moment was found to have dropped by 60%, with an average daily volume of 1.2 thousand people, down from 30,000 people a day in the previous period.
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