New Delhi: The swine flu scare is set to dwarf the dramatic turnaround in air travel caused by the SARS epidemic in 2002. In two days since news of the disease broke in India, the rate of cancellation for international travel—both in and out of India—has jumped. Airlines said it's too early to comment, but Amadeus—one of the biggest technology providers for ticketing—said there's been a 2-4% increase in cancellations and it could rise further in the coming days.
"Because of this flu, we have seen a jump in cancellations for international travel transactions made in India over the past two days. The overall picture could get worse in May,'' said Amadeus MD Ankur Bhatia. This comes on top of a 5% decline in bookings this April over the same period last year.
This is the worst news that the travel and hospitality sector could have got at this time. Thanks to the global slowdown, hotels in Delhi and other metros are reporting very low occupancy levels. In Delhi, for instance, big hotels with 400 and more rooms are seeing a 30-25% dip in occupancy while the smaller ones with half that capacity are just about half full. Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation CEO Kapil Kaul said while it was difficult to estimate the damage to the travel industry, the impact on outbound travel would be "significant''. TNN
"Because of this flu, we have seen a jump in cancellations for international travel transactions made in India over the past two days. The overall picture could get worse in May,'' said Amadeus MD Ankur Bhatia. This comes on top of a 5% decline in bookings this April over the same period last year.
This is the worst news that the travel and hospitality sector could have got at this time. Thanks to the global slowdown, hotels in Delhi and other metros are reporting very low occupancy levels. In Delhi, for instance, big hotels with 400 and more rooms are seeing a 30-25% dip in occupancy while the smaller ones with half that capacity are just about half full. Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation CEO Kapil Kaul said while it was difficult to estimate the damage to the travel industry, the impact on outbound travel would be "significant''. TNN
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