Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will further slash their international flight capacities amid the growing impact of the coronavirus on air travel.

The two Japanese airlines will continue to try to cope with falling demand in the coming month.

A major Japanese airline group has offered to help make medical gowns to prepare for shortages that hospitals in the country may face amid the coronavirus pandemic.

ANA Holdings, the parent company of All Nippon Airways, floated the idea in response to consultation from the government.

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will slash domestic flights from Friday due to a drop in travel demand amid the outbreak of the new coronavirus.

The two Japanese airlines will for the first time curtail domestic services in the face of an increase in new infections.