Separately, the nation’s airlines will also be exempt from a civil aviation fund fee starting Jan 1, it said. The outbreak, first reported late last year, has turned into China’s biggest health crisis at least since 2003. Like companies in almost all other industries, carriers have been hit by travel bans put in place both in and outside of China. The number of trips made in China over the Lunar New Year break plunged 73% to about 190 million from the holiday last year because of the restrictions. - Bloomberg

Source: The Star February 06, 2020 04:41 UTC