El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (TASE: ELAL) has notified the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) that it expects to see a $30 million cut in revenue in the first quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. El Al said, "We are routinely following developments in the world regarding coronavirus and considering its impact on operations." El Al says that the impact is mainly to, "destinations in the east." RELATED ARTICLES El Al suspends Beijing flights El Al to charge up to $99 for extra 3 inch legroom El Al announces fare, schedule for trial Australia flights El Al mulls Tel Aviv - Casablanca flights - report However, El Al added that it expects to offset most of the expected fall in revenue, "following the reduction of the company's operational expenses." Thus El Al believes that streamlining operations can reduce the damage. Two weeks ago El Al announced that it was suspending flights on its Tel Aviv - Beijing route until March and many of the flights from Tel Aviv to Hong Kong have also been cancelled. Market sources say that passenger bookings on flights worldwide are 19% down with a fall of double that amount in Asia. Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on February 12, 2020 © Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2020
