Dhaka, Jan. 18 -- Over the course of last year, a dramatic fall of 60 per cent in international air travel had been witnessed by UN's air transportation agency. This is due to the coronavirus pandemic that has battered the aviation and tourism industry all over the world. The report said the pandemic caused international air travel to drop to levels last seen in 2003.
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) said on January 15 that as seating capacity fell by around 50 per cent last year, that left just 1.8 billion passengers taking flights through 2020, compared with around 4.5 billion in 2019.
That adds up to a staggering financial loss to the industry of around USD 370 billion, "with airports and air navigation services pro...