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ME Airlines Register Worst Year in Aviation History

ME Airlines Register Worst Year in Aviation History Published February 4th, 2021 - 08:30 GMT International passenger demand in 2020 was 75.6 per cent below 2019 levels. (Shutterstock) Middle Eastern airlines’ annual passenger demand in 2020 was 72.9 per cent below 2019. Annual capacity fell 63.9 per cent and load factor plummeted 18.9 percentage points to 57.3 per cent. According to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (Iata), December’s traffic was down 82.6 per cent compared to December 2019, and improved from an 86.1 per cent drop in November. International passenger demand in 2020 was 75.6 per cent below 2019 levels. Capacity, (measured in available seat kilometers or ASKs) declined 68.1 per cent and load factor fell 19.2 percentage points to 62.8 per cent.

Immunotourism: How Covid vaccines could open up your holiday plans

Immunotourism: How Covid vaccines could open up your holiday plans Simon Calder © Provided by The Independent The coronavirus pandemic is still extremely serious. Families are grieving: more than 108,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the UK. The virus spread rapidly across the world and into the UK by air travel. And the UK lockdown means holidays at home or abroad are currently illegal. But many people are looking ahead to later in 2021 and the opportunities for future holidays. With the UK well ahead of other major European nations in its vaccination programme to protect against coronavirus, millions of prospective travellers are likely to have obtained both jabs by the time international journeys become feasible once more.

In transit: the perils of connecting flights

In transit: the perils of connecting flights Simon Calder © Provided by The Independent Even with the plane swaying disconcertingly in some wild winds, I could make out the Avianca jumbo jet on the ground at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Along with most fellow passengers aboard the Dan-Air plane from Gatwick, that Colombian national airlines flight was my target. The Boeing 747 was preparing for a round-the-houses departure to Bogota via Madrid and Caracas – where I was hoping to hop off.  In the Venezuelan capital, I would transfer to Aeropostal (an airline, not a form of lightweight letter) for the final leg to Georgetown in Guyana.

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