Crisis deepens for airlines in January: IATA

Reuters

Published Mar 02, 2021 09:34AM ET

PARIS (Reuters) - Global airline body IATA said that the crisis deepened for airlines in January, as international traffic plunged 86% in the month compared to pre-crisis levels, and domestic air traffic was down 47%.

New variants of the coronavirus forced governments to tighten travel restrictions across the world, hurting the outlook for airlines, the group warned.