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Can airlines survive coronavirus?

17/03/2020 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Can airlines survive coronavirus?

Airlines are cancelling flights and temporarily cutting staff

Airlines are cancelling flights and temporarily cutting staff.

Travel restrictions and a slump in demand due to the coronavirus have forced airlines to cancel most flights and temporarily reduce staff. Will this mean a permanent end to the low-cost travel that many of us have become used to? 

Travel expert Simon Calder joins the show to round up the latest industry news and what it means for travellers, while aviation consultant John Strickland explains why the airlines were so vulnerable to begin with. Meanwhile, calls are rising for governments to bail the airline industry out, but finance expert Frances Coppola argues there are many sectors that are just as deserving.

(Picture: Plane interior with passengers wearing masks; Credit: Getty Images)

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