Economy seats go for business-class fares as travellers fleeing a worsening Covid-19 pandemic bid for limited plane seats to China


Beijing’s Capital International Airport. A surge in bookings and prices in recent weeks is likely to be short term. Photo: Bloomberg

Air fares to mainland China soared in the past few weeks when the coronavirus crisis escalated from a regional outbreak into a global pandemic, as desperate travellers rushed for limited seats on the few carriers that were still flying to the country amid a widening circle of global quarantines and travel ban.

The average price of air tickets from Italy, Spain, Sweden, the United States, and Iran – several countries with the fastest rising cases – rose by about 150 per cent on March 15, compared with the March 1 average, according to data by Trip.com Group, China’s largest online ticket agent.

The average fares to China from Japan, South Korea, Singapore, New Zealand and Australia rose at different levels compared with last year, Trip.com said in response to an inquiry by South China Morning Post.

https://www.scmp.com/business/article/30769...worsening-covid

How the tables have turned.

they not scared got cheated by PRC? end up arriving and see worse conditions.

Did you mention China ???

not the average joe backpacking poorfags of the 1980/90s but rich and clever americans . why

Only China left to lead human civilization.

But why China? Arent they just recovering from the virus?

see got bisness ma this airline....cost extra pulak tu

Go there seek refuge and if kena can get treatment lah.
China best place for covid treatment now.

bodoh

then the one with carriers go spread back to china

and now its US cluster

HO HO HO BALIK KAMPUNG

OH HO HO BALIK KAMPUNG

so its not a malaysian thing any more

Mana US CDC mau letak muka

It is safer to stay in Wuhan now than anywhere else in the world. LOL!

inb4 Wandering Earth!

Chinese saying:
The most dangerous place is the safest place.

My friend in Beijing has gone back to work n the roads r filled with people n cars again.

lel gone full circle

misleading article....the contents of it just mentioned surge of air tix and a student from beijing balik kampung to china coz university where he's studying in will be closed due to the covid19...and the chinese lady going to shanghai from nyc coz she worried can't get best healthcare if kena... but title paints a picture as if everyone wanna "flee" to china because of covid19..

but author of the article looks maciam very nice though....

They cannot spread the virus. Very strrict entry requirements. All quarantined and tested.

its the best time to balik tongsan