SSP Group plc's trading statement on 25 March, the company set out the company's pessimistic view of the duration and impact of Covid-19, assuming an almost total shutdown of the travel market for the whole of the second half of the company's financial year. In this scenario, the company envisaged Group revenue being down approximately 80% to 85% in second half of 2020 against the same period last year. This would equate to a reduction in revenue of around £1.4bn compared to previous expectations. In considering the impact of this on operating profit, the company assumed that the benefit of the extensive management action to reduce the cost base would result in a "drop through" to operating profit from the reduced sales of 25% to 30%, an improvement compared with that experienced in February and March 2020.