The number of people travelling by air in the European Union (EU) decreased dramatically in the second quarter of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019, due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
In a report on Thursday, Eurostat said that due to the pandemic-induced containment measures that discourage travelling, the decline ranged from 96 per cent to 99 per cent among 19 EU member states, reports Xinhua news agency.
In the report, data were not available for Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Malta, Poland, Romania and Sweden in the 27 EU members.
Spain appeared to be the hardest hit, with 61.6 million, or 99 per cent less air passengers from April to July 2020 compared with the same period in 2019.
