Airports
Data Confirms Scheduled Flight Decline Averages 70 Percent
Traffic data from seven airports around the globe provides a fascinating snapshot of how the Covid-19 pandemic has dented air transport activity.
Spire Aviation gathers air transport traffic data using its own constellation of 88 satellites. (Graphic: Spire Aviation)
Spire Aviation gathers air transport traffic data using its own constellation of 88 satellites. (Graphic: Spire Aviation)

Sadly, it almost goes without saying that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented disruption to the aviation industry. No part of it, so far, has been more damaged than the airline sector. On a rolling basis as the virus spread around the globe from March, airlines were either completely grounded by government lockdowns or saw demand collapse due to an unwillingness or inability of passengers to make trips.