Regional Gateway - Chloe Greenbank
With passenger traffic down by -98% in May compared to the same period last year, European airports only saw 4.3 million passengers travel through their doors compared to 216.8 million in May 2019.
“With well over half a billion passengers lost so far this year and still no revenues coming in, Europe’s airports are anxiously waiting for travel restrictions to be lifted and airlines to resume operations,” said Olivier Jankovec, ACI Europe’s Director General commenting on the drop in passenger traffic. “With the epidemic now de-escalating in many countries and a plan to allow for intra-European travel – at least within the Schengen area – by the end of the month, we are finally seeing some light at the end of the tunnel,” he continued...more
