Coronavirus: Europe aviation traffic shrivels by two-thirds
Europe's aviation traffic has slumped by 65%. The COVID-19 viral pandemic has prompted Paris Orly and London City to plan flight suspensions as Eurocontrol recorded a two-thirds slump in traffic through its 41-nation airspace. Eurocontrol published data Wednesday showing a 65% slump in weekly traffic compared to the same period last year. And, compared to March 25 last year, Eurocontrol Wednesday displayed an even more dramatic 77% statistical nose-dive. Pooling data from Wednesday, its Aviation Intelligence Unit counted a mere 8,619 "planned flights." The trend Wednesday appeared worse than Europe's aviation shutdown in 2010 — because of an Icelandic volcanic eruption — when over an 8-day period 48% of total air traffic was cancelled, affecting some 10m passengers. <br/>
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Coronavirus: Europe aviation traffic shrivels by two-thirds
Europe's aviation traffic has slumped by 65%. The COVID-19 viral pandemic has prompted Paris Orly and London City to plan flight suspensions as Eurocontrol recorded a two-thirds slump in traffic through its 41-nation airspace. Eurocontrol published data Wednesday showing a 65% slump in weekly traffic compared to the same period last year. And, compared to March 25 last year, Eurocontrol Wednesday displayed an even more dramatic 77% statistical nose-dive. Pooling data from Wednesday, its Aviation Intelligence Unit counted a mere 8,619 "planned flights." The trend Wednesday appeared worse than Europe's aviation shutdown in 2010 — because of an Icelandic volcanic eruption — when over an 8-day period 48% of total air traffic was cancelled, affecting some 10m passengers. <br/>
