According to a UN expert agency, the number of passenger flight passengers on both international and domestic flights around the world over the last year has decreased by 60% compared to the previous year due to the spread of the new coronavirus. I understand.
This was announced on the 15th by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), a specialized agency of the United Nations, and according to it, the number of passenger flights for both international and domestic flights around the world was 1.8 billion last year. This is a significant decrease of 60% compared to the 4.5 billion adults.
This is because travel restrictions and outing restrictions have been enforced all over the world due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and the range of decline is even greater at 74% for international flights, compared to 50% for domestic flights.
The combined loss of airlines around the world is $ 370 billion, or more than 38 trillion yen in Japanese yen, and ICAO has expressed concern that "the employment of millions is threatened."
Regarding the outlook for aviation demand in the future, ICAO says that although it is expected to recover in the second quarter of this year, it actually depends on the degree of vaccine spread.