What’s an Airline Nightmare? No Spring Break

What’s an Airline Nightmare? No Spring Break

If coronavirus fears sap demand for U.S. domestic flights, the aerospace industry is in real trouble.. Joel Szabat, the Transportation Department's acting under secretary for policy, told a Senate committee Wednesday that the virus is already causing people to reconsider airline travel.. The slump in business travel is even more troubling for airlines because that is where they make most of their money.. Separately on Wednesday, Bloomberg News reported that Airbus SE is considering a cut in production of its A330Neo widebody jet after the plane's biggest customer - AirAsia X - said it would defer deliveries because of the coronavirus's impact on travel.. The jets are the lifeblood of the aerospace industry, and demand for them had remained resilient.. Many airlines are going to look at that fresh capacity and say "please not now," Slattery said..