Airline industry slowly recovering from lockdown

Figures from the Airports Company South Africa show that the airline industry is recovering very slowly from the travel restrictions imposed by governments worldwide during the last two years. Importantly, the number of flights taking off and landing at SA airports proves that international travel has hardly improved – and, by implication, neither has international tourism. “The aviation industry was one of the industries that was hit the hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The collapse in air travel demand has been driven largely by public policy as governments worldwide implemented travel bans and border closures as part of containment measures to curtail the spread of the virus,” he says. Read:Low-cost airlines rush to enter business class segment as SAA nears take-off The figures support his views. In the 12 months to March 2020, Acsa reported 76 824 international air traffic movements, which fell to only 20 457 in 2021.

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