Dear MEL Topic Readers,
Chinese airlines offer insanely cheap deals
to lure back travelers
Many Chinese people missed the biggest traveling
season, the Spring Festival in February because of the outbreak of COVID-19. Since
then, travels both in the air and on the rails have been largely restricted or
limited for whether business or leisure.
Airlines lose money by either grounding airplanes
or flying with empty seats. So, as travel restrictions are eased before upcoming
Labor Day holidays (May 1-5), airlines started offering deals that could be
seen as mistakes, such as a price as low as a vegetable and buy one get another
seat free. But will such ultra-low fares bring fliers back to the cabin? Does
anyone dare to sit in a middle seat of a jammed flight when no cure or vaccine
has been developed for the novel virus? Those who want to avoid such risks, some
airlines came up with anti-coronavirus flight packages. For example, a multi-seat
option offers empty surrounding seats for the price of a seat. Also, some airlines
include coronavirus insurance and an anti-virus pack with face masks and
anti-bacterial wipes in the fares.
Will such deals make you feel safer to fly
now?
Enjoy reading the article and learn about
what you could expect in the travel industry once the travel restrictions are
eased.
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