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Travelers with reservations to the US postpone coronavirus trips

Passengers with reservations to travel to New York, on commercial flights from the different airlines that operate to that city, have preferred to postpone their departure for another date, due to the spread of the coronavirus in that New York city.

Many travelers, according to reports obtained at the Las Américas airport, decided to suspend their trips for fear of catching the disease, which has already caused more than 300 cases of contagion in New York state.

Listin Diario reporters could see this Thursday a reduction in the flow of passengers queuing up in front of the airline cauters checking their documents to leave on flights to that North American city.

As reported by airline executives at AILA, although not significantly, many travelers contacted the airline to suspend their travel.

“They argue that they have some fear that they may contract coronavirus, which has spread in New York City and in other North American states,” he said.

In the morning hours, as well as in the afternoon, a reduction in people was observed in the JetBlue, Delta and United counters at the second level of the airport terminal, where on normal days hundreds of travelers are concentrated.

Delta Airlines, Jet-Blue and United Airlines operate daily flights to New York City through the terminal of the Americas, where there is a large community of Dominicans.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio declared the city’s state of emergency, banned large crowds, and predicted that 1,000 cases of coronavirus could emerge next week.

In terms of new COVID-19 cases for the city, the total nearly doubled overnight to 95 after being 53 the day before. Of these, 25 are located in Manhattan, 24 in Brooklyn, 17 Queens, 10 in the Bronx and five on Staten Island, De Blasio said in a report Thursday.

Of the nearly 100 people infected, 22 are in hospitals, according to authorities. The rest are isolated in their homes and are said to be “fine”.

Jetblue airline

The Jetblue airline, which carries out more than 70 percent of the flights originating in the Americas, to New York, communicated through its Accounts manager, Carolina Cepeda, that due to the impact of the coronavirus on the demand for travel, they are taking a series of operational measures ..

“We are making an initial capacity reduction of approximately 5% in the short term to face the drop in demand,” stressed the lady.

He said Jetblue is closely monitoring reservation trends to assess whether additional capacity reductions will be required.

“Our plan is to guarantee that, in almost all cases, customers can be transferred to other flights that will take them to their destination the same day.

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