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Air transport: Global passenger traffic collapsed by 66% in 2020, an unprecedented drop

2021-02-03T14:25:59.128Z


This is the biggest shock the industry has ever experienced. Global passenger traffic carried by airlines collapsed by 66% in 2020 compared to 2019, an unprecedented development under the influence of the pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) announced on Wednesday. Read also: Air transport is sinking into a downward spiral This is the " biggest shock the sector has ever experienced, " said Brian Pearce, chief economist of the organ


Global passenger traffic carried by airlines collapsed by 66% in 2020 compared to 2019, an unprecedented development under the influence of the pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (Iata) announced on Wednesday.

Read also: Air transport is sinking into a downward spiral

This is the "

biggest shock the sector has ever experienced,

" said Brian Pearce, chief economist of the organization, during a video conference. The Iata also warned that the prospects of a recovery in 2021 were "

clouded

" by the emergence of new variants of Covid-19, without formally revising its forecasts for the year downwards.

Source: lefigaro

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