China News Service, September 28. According to Euronet, the European aviation industry was hit hard by the new crown epidemic. The aviation industry, which was expected to recover during the summer vacation, was hit hard again by the second wave of the epidemic in Europe.

In recent days, airlines have escalated their price wars to attract customers. Airfare for routes within Italy has now become a "cabbage price". Airfare from south to north is only 10 euros.

On July 28, local time, the premiere was held in the floating theater of the "Arsenal Pier" in Venice, Italy.

  According to reports, according to the latest report released by the travel market analysis company ForwardKeys, in August, major airlines reduced the fares of flights from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and the Netherlands to Italy and other southern European countries in order to attract customers. Over the same period, it fell by 15%, and fares on certain routes even dropped by more than one-third.

  In Italy, Milan to Palermo, the capital of Sicily, is one of the most popular routes, with rivals such as Ryanair, Wizz Air and Alitalia competing.

In order to compete for the market of approximately 894,000 passengers per year, Ryanair has adjusted the minimum fare to 10 euros.

  Ryanair and Wizz Air are also in the offensive and defensive of the price war between Rome and Catania. From October 8th to 13th, the round-trip fare will be adjusted to 20 euros and 30 euros respectively.

Alitalia adjusted the fare to the lowest level of 58 euros in history and gave passengers a free carry-on luggage discount.

  At the same time, Wizz Air announced that starting from October 8, the lowest fare for the Milan-Bari route will be 18-20 euros; Ryanair will directly reduce the fare to 12 euros.

  According to statistics from the European Air Navigation Safety Organization, in the past two weeks, as the number of confirmed cases in many European countries continues to rise, the number of passengers carried by civil aviation in Europe has been on a downward trend.

The organization earlier predicted that the passenger capacity of European civil aviation in October 2020 will be at least 30% lower than the same period last year.

At present, the organization has adjusted its forecast to a decrease of about 57%.

(Boyuan)