Global air passenger traffic is expected to recover to 88% of pre-covid levels or traffic seen in 2019 before the pandemic during 2022, and is expected to surpass this level during 2023, airline association The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said in a statement on Wednesday.
During 2021 global passenger numbers are expected to recover to 52% of pre-COVID-19 levels (2019), IATA said.
According to data from the United Nations-backed International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) the total number of passengers carried on scheduled services rose to 4.5 billion in 2019, up 3.6% from the previous year.
Meanwhile, IATA, which has over 290 member airlines globally including Indian airlines like IndiGo, Air India, Vistara and SpiceJet, expects global passenger numbers to grow to 5.6 billion by 2030.
