Airlines and passengers are on guard against a new flu-like virus that originated in Wuhan, China.
Here's an explainer on the airline industry's response to the outbreak so far and its potential financial exposure compared to SARS in 2003, which killed nearly 800 people:The biggest concern is a sharp drop in travel demand if the virus becomes a pandemic.
Since 2003, the number of annual air passengers has more than doubled, with China growing to become the world's largest outbound travel market. Flight tracking website FlightRadar24 showed that as of 0600 GMT on Thursday, 184 Wuhan flights, or 60 per cent of the departures listed for the day, had been canceled.
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