PARIS (Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis will lead the airline industry into record annual losses of $84 billion as 2020 goes down as the “worst year in the history of aviation”, the sector’s main global body predicted on Tuesday.
Airline passenger traffic is expected to rise 55% in 2021 from a low level this year, while remaining 29% below its 2019 level, the International Air Transport Association said in an updated forecast.
(Reporting by Laurence Frost, editing by Louise Heavens)
