Kathmandu, Jan. 18 -- International passenger traffic at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport in 2020 fell to its lowest level since 2003, illustrating Covid-19's devastating impact on air travel.

According to airport statistics, 1.10 million international travellers passed through Tribhuvan International, a 73.29 percent plunge from the previous year. This translates into a loss of 3.03 million passengers in one year.

Aircraft movements also dropped to a 17-year low of 10,247 takeoffs and landings, representing a steep 68.41 percent fall from the year before.

On March 12 last year, one day after the World Health Organisation declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic and urged countries to take precautionary measures, the Nepal ...