Asian airlines remain worst hit by covid-19 pandemic
Air passenger traffic in Asia, including in India, remains the worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, with January traffic slumping 94.6% year-on-year, aviation lobby group IATA said in a statement.December air traffic was down 94.4% on year.Also Read | How citizen data led India’s covid battle"The region continued to suffer from the steepest traffic declines for the seventh consecutive month.
Capacity dropped 86.5% and load factor sank 49.4 percentage points to 32.6%, by far the lowest among regions," it said.Passenger demand in January 2021, measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs, was down 72% on year, worse than the 69.7% year-over-year decline recorded in December last year.“2021 is starting off worse than 2020 ended, and that.
United States
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Cases: 46 252 513
Deaths: 750 423
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India
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Cases: 34 321 025
Deaths: 459 652
Recovered: 0
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Brazil
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Cases: 21 835 785
Deaths: 608 235
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United Kingdom
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Cases: 9 215 683
Deaths: 141 607
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Russia
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Cases: 8 494 589
Deaths: 237 619
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