Chiang Mai to see passenger numbers fall by 40% in wake of virus fears

The numbers at Chiang Mai’s international airport will fall 40% to 3.5 million in the first six months of this year if the outbreak of Covid-19 coronavirus drags on until the middle of the year.

Chiang Mai airport deputy director Thananrat Prasertsri said late last week that flights to the airport during the period January 1 to February 25 dropped 24% year on year, and passenger numbers fell 40% year on year to 22,000 daily.

This as the airport is expanding service areas to improve its capacity.

In the last two years, the airport has catered to 11 million passengers, despite being built for to serve a maximum of 8 million per year.

SOURCE: The Nation