The data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), showed that international air traffic decreased by 85 percent, compared to the period prior to the Corona pandemic.
The Association revealed that the air traffic in China witnessed a sharp decline in January 2021, while there was an improvement in America during the same period, as the figures showed that domestic air transport in the United States improved at a "very slow pace" during last January.
Domestic flights around the world have fallen by 47.4 percent from pre-pandemic levels, while international flights have tumbled by 85.6 percent.
According to IATA, the airline crisis deepened in January with the decline in global air traffic, warning that the new mutated virus forced the governments to tighten travel restrictions in different parts of the world, which harms the prospects of airlines.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) raised its forecast for total liquidity consumption by airlines to between 75 & 95 billion dollars this year, up from $48 billion last December. This comes amid the governments’ extension of lockdown measures to limit the spread of new Corona strains.
Source (Al-Arabiya.net, Edited)
