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The Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Austria, among others, have stopped air traffic to the UK. Germany and France are considering a similar decision. The drastic steps followed the discovery of a new strain of coronavirus spreading rapidly in London and the south-east of England and the announcement of new restrictions. The World Health Organization (WHO) said it was already investigating the new variant of the virus with the help of British health authorities. The number of countries banning flights from the UK could increase.
The measures are unprecedented, as several countries around the world have decided to restrict air traffic or ban other countries during the first wave of the coronavirus.
In its roundup in early December, portfolio.hu emphasized that since World War II, global aviation has not been as shocked as this year by the coronavirus epidemic.
In reference to the estimates, the portal wrote that global passenger traffic, measured in passenger-kilometers, fell by a third, and although there is encouraging news about the development of vaccines
The International Air Transport Association expects traffic to reach last year’s level by 2024 at the earliest.
The portal also reported that
Airlines are expected to lose $ 118 billion this year and $ 38 billion next.
Ten years ago, a volcanic eruption caused billions in losses to aviation worldwide. The eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland on April 14, 2010 released large amounts of ash into the airspace over northern Europe, thus ordering a blockade of airspace across Europe.
Millions of people are stranded in airports around the world. It was only after mid-May that everything could return to normal, but by then, according to the International Air Transport Association, airlines had posted a loss of $ 1.7 billion. However, this is already overshadowed by the losses caused by the coronavirus epidemic.
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