Paris-Orly airport on June 26, 2020. -

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The airline industry is doing very badly.

Victim of the closure of French borders outside the European Union and of a collapse in air traffic in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Orly airport closes its terminal 4 on Monday at midnight, until further notice.

The airlines that operated there will be redirected to the two terminals at Orly which remain partially open (2 and 3), said an airport spokesperson confirming information from the

Parisian

.

The reopening date is not yet known.

Terminal 4 had already been sealed off between November and December, in the midst of the second wave of Covid-19 in France.

Terminal 1 remains completely closed.

The airline industry is one of the most affected in the world by the coronavirus.

In 2020, the Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub only welcomed 22.3 million passengers, i.e. 70.8% less than in 2019, and Orly airport, 10.8 million (- 66.1%), Groupe ADP reported in mid-January.

For 2021, it forecasts a drop in traffic of between 45 and 55% compared to 2019.

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