Flying Fears and Swine Flu

Travelers around the world are in a state of panic, because of the number of increasing swine flu cases. In fact, many tour companies, airlines and cruise lines are rescheduling their flights and reducing fares, as travelers are delaying their trips.

The airline industry have been affected due the series of problems including terrorist attacks, the respiratory syndrome, high rise in fuel prices and the SARS occurrence. The result of the industry may rely on the how much fear the travelers have.

Due to the flying fears, travel analysts have found that fares have reduced tremendously. The fares are ranging from an average of less than $300. In spite of the decrease in fares to Mexico, travel agents are striving hard to re-book the travel trips of people. However, the agents are having a real tough time, as travelers are either changing their destinations or are rethinking on their travel plans.

In fact, people are so panicked by the swine flu that they avoid to go for shopping or going out of their houses.

In addition, there are travelers, who are canceling their trips not due to the fear of catching the H1N1 virus. Instead, they are canceling their trips because of the assumptions that, they will find all the resorts vacant and the restaurants closed.

These travelers are even worried that they would get stuck up in the airport due to the outbreak of swine flu. Therefore, they are planning their trips to some other places, which are free from swine flu.

It is also found that the hotels, which are providing services in Caribbean and Mexico are shifting their guests from Mexico to other places. Due to the fears of swine flu, Alaska airlines is keeping all the planes sanitized by cleaning each surface and ascertaining that the seat buckles, knobs and overhead bins are hygienic.

Passengers on Mexico flights are getting individual sanitizing wipes. It is also found that more than half of the travelers are reconsidering to postpone their international travel bookings. However, some of the travelers even say that all the flights towards Mexico need to be canceled.

Hence, the fear of flying to and from Mexico and the places around has been forcing travelers to stay indoors. This fear has forced many travelers to cancel and/or postpone their trips that have resulted in huge losses to the airline industry.