A month after the disappearance , CEO Ahmad Jauhari Yahya acknowledged that ticket sales had declined but did not provide details . This maybe partially resulted from the suspension of the airline 's advertisement campaigns following the disappearance . In China , where the majority of Flight 370 victims were from , bookings on Malaysia Airlines were down 60 % in March . He said he was not sure when the airline could start repairing its image , but that the airline was adequately insured to cover the financial loss stemming from the incident . In August , the airline warned of poor second-half earnings , citing a 33 % decline in average weekly bookings following the loss of Flight 17 . Media reported that some flights were largely empty and that the airline had slashed prices well below competitors on several key routes
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