other european airlines have also drastically reduced their coverage of Italy in recent days.

bookings are down to fly off to Italy. The airline Air France announced Tuesday to suspend all its flights to Italy between 14 march and 3 April is included because of the expansion of the epidemic Covid-19, and the containment of the whole of the country.

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By 14 march, “Air France will maintain one flight per day to each of its destinations (in Italian) in order to allow clients who want to anticipate their journey,” said the company in a press release.

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The company stated that it “adapts its program of flights according to demand”, the spread of the coronavirus in Italy having made fall reservations at the destination of this country.

One of the sectors most affected

other european airlines have also drastically reduced their coverage of Italy in recent days, the image on Tuesday of the british Ryanair or the Hungarian Wizz Air.

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The air transport is one of the sectors most affected by the epidemic, due to movement restrictions put in place in the world, especially in Asia, but also the prudence of leisure travelers who postpone their journeys and cancellations of travel professionals.

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Air France states having put in place commercial measures for customers wishing to postpone their trip, regardless of the original conditions of the ticket and the destination”.