NEW DELHI: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) on Tuesday said around 25 million jobs in the aviation industry across the globe are at the risk of vanishing, with plummeting demand for air travel amidst the Covid-19 crisis. According to its new finding, 11.2 million jobs are at risk in the Asia-Pacific alone — the highest for a specific region.
IATA had last week estimated that the Indian aviation sector could suffer losses of up to USD 8,838 million due to the pandemic, which could result in over 2.2 million people losing jobs if not assisted by the government on an urgent basis.
