MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty ImagesThe deadly coronavirus discovered in China has traveled by air to some 25 other countries. It’s no wonder a lot of those countries are restricting flights and handing airlines their worst event-driven financial hit since 2003. Among those are state-owned carriers such as Air China and China Southern Airlines. Taiwan’s airlines and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific will be especially hit hard because of their dependence on China flights, Lin forecasts. Going farther out, United Airlines and British Airways have both reduced China flights.

Source: Forbes February 10, 2020 03:56 UTC