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When will the airline industry recover from COVID-19? – CMC Markets

To say it’s been a tough year for airlines is something of an understatement. With the pandemic still casting long shadows, investors eagerly await an airline uptick….

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Airlines have been buffeted by the coronavirus pandemic, with lockdowns and travel restrictions reducing flights globally by an estimated 60% throughout 2020. Over December, when the holidays usually boost the industry, new variants of the virus and resultant travel bans saw passenger numbers down circa 80%.
Flight numbers plummeted 49% from 33.2 million in 2019 to 16.8 million in 2020, with the number of air travellers falling 67% and cancelling out more than 20 years of growth in the industry.

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