United just slashed its flights to Japan and other parts of Asia, showing how quickly coronavirus fears are hurting new airline and travel markets outside of China
Japan has, over just a few days, become the latest hotspot of the virus. Officials said this week that all schools would be closed for a month to try and contain the outbreak.
As part of the reduction, the airline suspended several routes to Japan through April 24, reduced frequency on several other Japan routes, and assigned smaller planes to the routes than normal, reflecting plummeting demand to the country.
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