Portugal's TAP grounds 2,500 more flights through May due to coronavirus


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  • Tuesday, 10 Mar 2020

FILE PHOTO: The first A330neo commercial passenger aircraft for TAP Air Portugal airline is seen at the Airbus delivery center in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, November 26, 2018. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau/File Photo

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal's flag carrier TAP on Monday suspended 2,500 flights scheduled for March-May, after cancelling 1,000 flights for this month and next on Thursday, citing a fall in demand for travel due to the coronavirus outbreak.

The 3,500 groundings account for 7% of TAP's scheduled flights this month, 11% in April and 19% in May.

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