FILE PHOTO: The departures area of Lan airlines is seen empty inside the international airport, during an indefinite strike of the Cabin Crew Union of LAN Express, a subsidiary of the Chile-based LATAM Airlines group, Santiago, Chile April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido

BRASILIA (Reuters) - South America's largest carrier, LATAM Airlines Group LTM.SN, said on Monday it would cancel its daily flight from Sao Paulo to Milan, Italy, through April 16, citing the new coronavirus outbreak and weak demand.

In the first cancellation of flights to or from South America, LATAM joins several other major carriers including American Airlines AAL.O and Delta Air Lines DAL.N that in recent days have canceled direct flights to Milan in light of the outbreak.