Eurostat Sees No Recovery For Commercial Air Travel In Early 2021
Faizan Hashmi Published May 12, 2021 | 01:41 PM
The commercial air traffic in the European Union has not recovered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying travel restrictions in early 2021, including last month, Eurostat, the EU's official statistics bureau, said on Wednesday
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 12th May, 2021) The commercial air traffic in the European Union has not recovered from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying travel restrictions in early 2021, including last month, Eurostat, the EU's official statistics bureau, said on Wednesday.
According to the bureau, last April the industry suffered a 91-percent drop in air traffic, compared to the same month in 2019 as the coronavirus restrictions were in full effect.
"The first months of 2021 showed no signs of recovery: January (-68% compared with same month in 2019), February (-73%), March (-71%) and April (-70%)," Eurostat said in a statement.
The statistics agency added that the largest April decreases in commercial flights were recorded in Paris' Charles de Gaulle Airport and Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, both of which had a 67-percent drop compared to April 2019.
As the COVID-19 epidemic was unfolding last year, many countries adopted severe restrictions to stop the virus from spreading and disrupting global economy in the process.
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