Airports of Thailand anxious over missed targets if Wuhan virus crisis drags on


BANGKOK (The Nation/ANN): Airports of Thailand (AOT) has said that if the Wuhan coronavirus situation continued throughout the first quarter of this year, the estimated passenger growth of between 4 to 5 per cent would be impossible to achieve.

AOT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said that tourists arriving at the six AOT airports from Jan 23 to 28 was down by around 4 per cent from the normal rate, due to the virus outbreak

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