adminThe number of people travelling by air in the European Union (EU) decreased dramatically in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, Eurostat said in a report last week.
Due to the Covid-19 containment measures that discourage travelling, the decline ranged from 96 percent to 99 percent among 19 EU member states with available data, according to the EU’s statistical office.
In the report, data were not available for Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, Poland, Romania and Sweden in the 27 EU members.
Spain appeared to be the hardest hit, with 61,6 million, or 99 percent less air passengers from April to July 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.
Germany registered a loss of 59,1 million air passengers, or a decrease of 97 percent year on year in the second trimester of 2020. There were 44,2 million less people travelling by air from and to France, or 97 percent less, in the second quarter of 2020. Italy witnessed a decrease of 42,6 million air passengers, or 98 percent, for the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period last year. — xinhua
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