While the Covid-19 pandemic started & spread in the European Union countries from march, the number of commercial flights marked a 44 percent decrease, compared to the same month one year earlier, the statistical office of the European Union-Eurostat has revealed in its recent report.
The main reasons for the decline have been lockdown and other restrictions imposed in a bid to maintain the pandemic situation under control.
According to Eurostat’s data, the most substantial declines in the number of commercial flights were registered in April (91 per cent fall compared to the same month on the previous year), May (90 per cent decrease compared to the same month in 2019) and June (84 per cent decline compared to last year, same month).
In the course of the summertime months, it was noted a partial restoration, with decreases of 64 percent in July, 53 percent in August, and an extra fall recorded in September (59 percent decline) and October (62 percent decline).
Though the extent of the effect and path to restoration varies throughout the EU Member States, the most important lower within the variety of business flights was noticed in April in 21 Member States, whereas Might recorded the most important lower within the remaining 6 EU Member States,” the report reads.
Concerning the lower within the variety of business flights in European Union airports, Frankfurt/Most important airport recorded the best fall throughout this yr, (251,900 declines in business aviation, or 58 percent), in line with the report.
Nevertheless, different airports inside the European Union couldn’t escape from the COVID-19 damages both.
Eurostat has harassed that between January and October 2020, the vast majority of EU airports marked a dramatic lower in the variety of commercial flights in comparison with the same interval final yr.
In addition to the Frankfurt/Most important airport, which recorded the best lower within the variety of commercial flights, the next airports have been probably the most affected by the Coronavirus state of affairs.
- Paris/Charles de Gaulle (-232 200, -55 per cent lower)
- Amsterdam/Schiphol (-225 700, -53 per cent lower)
- München (-218 300, -63 per cent lower)
- Madrid/Barajas (-212 800, -60 per cent lower)
- Barcelona/El Prat (-182 500, -63 per cent lower)
- Roma/Fiumicino (-172 400, -65 per cent lower)
- Wien/Schwechat (-138 600, -60 per cent lower)
- København/Kastrup (-134 900, -61 per cent lower)
- Palma de Mallorca (-129 200, -66 per cent lower)
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention & Control (ECDC) on its latest report, as soon as once more recalled the ineffectiveness of self-isolation measures and journey restrictions, which have been put in place by the vast majority of international locations worldwide in an effort to keep up the Coronavirus state of affairs underneath management.
The rules printed by EASA and ECDC pushed the European and worldwide associations to recall the European authorities to lift these measures to assist the economic system of Europe get well from the COVID-19 damages.
As well, the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) earlier this month harassed that worldwide enterprise journey could possibly be restarted if an agreement was authorized to “safeguard journeys of up to 72-hours free from quarantines.”
In November, WTTC estimated that 174 million persons worldwide could lose their jobs by the end of this yr if countries don’t raise their journey restrictions.
WTTC’s statistics printed in August discovered that European international locations could possibly be extremely affected by the dearth of passengers, as a result of the Coronavirus state of affairs.
In accordance with WTTC’s information, France risks losing €48 billion by the end of this yr, whereas Spain is expected to lose €40 billion, Germany about €38 billion, and the UK could lose £22 billion.
