Asian airlines remain worst hit by covid-19 pandemic

NEW DELHI: Air passenger traffic in Asia, including in India, remains the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with January traffic slumping 94.6% year-on-year, aviation lobby group IATA said in a statement.

December air traffic was down 94.4% on year.

“The region continued to suffer from the steepest traffic declines for the seventh consecutive month. Capacity dropped 86.5% and load factor sank 49.4 percentage points to 32.6%, by far the lowest among regions,” it said.