US: Air passengers fell 89% in May amid coronavirus pandemic
US airlines carried 89% fewer passengers in May compared with last year, a massive decline that is still better than a historic low in April amid the coronavirus pandemic, the US Transportation Department said Tuesday. The 20 largest US airlines carried 7.9m passengers in May down from 74.8m passengers in May 2019. Still, the airlines carried more than twice as many passengers in May than in April, when passenger traffic fell 96%, up from 3m passengers on all US airlines in April. International US traffic fell 98% in May to 182,000 passengers, down from 9.9m.<br/>
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US: Air passengers fell 89% in May amid coronavirus pandemic
US airlines carried 89% fewer passengers in May compared with last year, a massive decline that is still better than a historic low in April amid the coronavirus pandemic, the US Transportation Department said Tuesday. The 20 largest US airlines carried 7.9m passengers in May down from 74.8m passengers in May 2019. Still, the airlines carried more than twice as many passengers in May than in April, when passenger traffic fell 96%, up from 3m passengers on all US airlines in April. International US traffic fell 98% in May to 182,000 passengers, down from 9.9m.<br/>
