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Passenger numbers at East Midlands Airport (EMA) dropped more than 99 per cent compared to years before the coronavirus pandemic - showing the dramatic impact the virus has had on air travel.
The airport - major hub for airlines like Jet2, Ryanair and Tui - served just 71 passengers during the whole of March this year, compared to 106,529 in 2020 and more than 256,000 in 2019.
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Owners of Stansted Airport want restriction-free travel for low risk destinations
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Owners of London Stansted are calling for a new restriction-free travel category to help the aviation industry after revealing passenger numbers at the airport have dropped 95%.
MAG, the UK’s largest airport group, said since the aviation industry had suffered virtual shutdown at the start of the pandemic a year ago, its passenger numbers at its airports had dwindled from four million to 140,000 a month.
At Stansted, the figure was 44,259 this March, compared with over 800,000 a year earlier – a 95% drop.
MAG wants greater cooperation between the UK government and its overseas counterparts, to share information about the emergence of new Covid-19 variants of concern and eliminate the need for travellers to take expensive PCR tests on their return.
Major UK airport sees just 71 passengers in March compared to 256,000 in 2019
East Midlands Airport saw passenger numbers plunge by more than 99 per cent last month
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Passengers numbers at one of the nation s top airports plunged by more than 99 per cent in March compared t previous years highlighting the dramatic effect the UK Government s restrictions are having on the travel industry.