FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
A Delta plane sits at the International Terminal at Hartsfield Jackson International Airport with a solitary traveler waiting for a flight amid new European travel restrictions on Monday, March 16, 2020, in Atlanta. International and domestic air travel have been hammered by the coronavirus. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
Passenger traffic at busiest US airport declined more than 60% in 2020
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta, long known as the airport that handles the most travelers in the world, saw its passenger count decline more than 60% in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Atlanta airport handled 42.9 million passengers in 2020 compared to 110.5 million passengers in 2019, according to the airport’s year-end traffic report.
By Pilar Wolfsteller2020-12-21T17:26:00+00:00
After months of negotiations, US lawmakers in Washington, DC have agreed on an additional $900 billion relief package that gives airlines $15 billion more in payroll support to help them manage through the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Though details of the deal are scant so far, House and Senate leaders confirmed on Twitter late on 20 December that they had reached a deal.
Source: Reagan National Airport
US lawmakers agree on additional aid for airlines
“Congressional Democrats have reached an agreement with Republicans and the White House on an emergency coronavirus relief and omnibus package that delivers urgently needed funds to save the lives and livelihoods of the American people,” writes Nancy Peolosi, the Democratic party’s leader in the House of Representatives.
By Pilar Wolfsteller2020-12-21T18:52:00+00:00
At the request of New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo, British Airways will be testing all New-York-bound passengers from the UK prior to departure as a new, more contagious mutation of the coronavirus rages in the southwest of England.
In the past two days, more than 120 countries have restricted incoming passengers from the UK after a more contagious strain of the coronavirus emerged. Numerous European countries including France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and Italy as well as several nations in Asia and Latin America have temporarily banned all incoming travel from the UK.
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