Passengers try to avoid flights through the airport of Vladivostok.

According to the Russian newspaper Primorsky Press, the coronavirus seriously hit Vladivostok International Airport. According to the publication, due to the threat of spread of infection, passengers tend to avoid the air harbor, the passenger flow of which has fallen at least twice.

“Vladivostok International Airport, which has developed rapidly over the past few years, has become empty due to the coronavirus epidemic due to the sharp disappearance of foreign tourists, which accounted for half of the total passenger traffic. All regular flights from Vladivostok to the cities of the PRC and the Republic of Korea have been canceled, there are fears that Japan, which promised to become the next breakthrough in the development of the sphere of international tourism in the Far East, may “close”. Asians in Primorye now almost do not go for tourist purposes, and outbound tourist flow, including to the tropical countries of Southeast Asia, of course, has fallen significantly. In the terminal, all cafes, shops, and pharmacies are functioning properly, but revenue fell several times. If the situation is not corrected - the epidemic will not be defeated in a few months and passenger flows will not recover, then many tenants will have to curtail business at the airport. The same applies to the entire infrastructure built in the capital of the Far East to serve foreign tourists. ”- сообщает Russian information publication "Seaside Press".

Experts do not exclude that the spread of infection in the world will affect the Russian civil aviation sector, especially given the fact that the number of infected from day to day only continues to grow.