“Due to the global epidemic and following restrictions imposed by Italy and Romania and the temporary suspension of flights to and from Italy as well as other destinations, we estimate passenger traffic will decline by more than 40% on the Timisoara airport in March,” airport management said in a press release Wednesday.

It added a drop in passenger traffic will automatically lead to a drop in airport revenue.

“We will reduce airport activity and adopt measures to reorganize activity and lower salary and other costs,” said airport director Daniel Idolu.