Air Canada said on Monday it was withdrawing its first-quarter and full-year financial forecasts for 2020 as well as its full-year forecast for 2021, as the coronavirus pandemic sharply decreases travel demand. [nCNWFmr3ra]
Air Canada said on Monday it
was withdrawing its forecasts for the first quarter and
full-year 2020 and 2021, as the coronavirus outbreak hurts
travel demand. [nCNWFmr3ra]
(Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju
Samuel)
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