Singapore Airlines have significantly cut down on their direct flights to Maldives in light of the rapidly spreading viral pandemic.
One of the biggest airlines in the Asian region, Singapore Airlines have decided to reduce its operational flight capacity by 96% amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
The airline will be grounding 185 out of the 196 under its fleet as well as its regional, sister airline; Silk Air.
Moreover, the budget airliner Scoot will be grounding 47 out of its 49 aircraft fleet over the dwindling demand for global travel.
With this change, Singapore Airlines will have four scheduled flights to Maldives on a weekly basis while Silk Air's flights will completely discontinue its operations to the island nation until further notice.
Before the viral outbreak significantly depleting international flight movements to Maldives, Singapore Airlines had one flight per day to the island nation while Silk Air had two flights everyday.
Singapore Airlines becomes the latest in international carriers to slow down its flight operations to Maldives in light of the viral pandemic spreading across the globe.
While 13 positive cases were discovered in Maldives, the government had imposed several travel and arrival restrictions on many countries; which includes some of the biggest tourist markets to the island nation.
Meanwhile, many international carriers such as Etihad and Bangkok Airways announced their flight reduction to Maldives as well while Emirates, Turkish Airlines, Sri Lankan Airlines along with Air France and AlItalia has temporarily ceased all their direct flights to the island nation.
The viral pandemic has severely dented the island nation's economy which majorly depends on its tourism sector; and with the arrival restrictions coupled with carriers ceasing direct flights to Maldives, the economic sector is expected to worsen even more.
