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Government-imposed travel restrictions continued to stall global passenger demand, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported.
11571 On the other hand, domestic travel demand improved this April 2021 despite remaining well below pre-pandemic levels. “The continuing strong reco
Published June 9, 2021, 1:17 PM
Global air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-COVID levels, with demand up 12 percent this April, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) last night (June 8) reported.
(As comparisons between 2021 and 2020 monthly results are distorted by the extraordinary impact of COVID-19, unless otherwise noted, IATA made comparisons with April 2019, which followed a normal demand pattern.)
“Air cargo continues to be the good news story for the air transport sector,” remarked IATA Director General Willie Walsh.
“Some regions are outperforming the global trend, most notably carriers in North America, the Middle East and Africa. Strong air cargo performance, however, is not universal. The recovery for carriers in the Latin American region, for example, is stalled,” he clarified.
Governments must make data-driven decisions to allow tested or vaccinated persons to travel while avoiding quarantine measures for the rest, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) urged. IATA teamed-up with Airbus and Boeing to develop data-driven risk-management models to keep populat