Five Years On: Chart Shows Covid-19 Lockdowns’ Global Air Travel Impact

This time five years ago, global airline capacity was heading quickly towards its lowest point of the Covid-19 pandemic. This chart shows the dramatic drop in seats available (domestic and international combined) worldwide as travel restrictions came into force.

How Did Covid-19 Lockdowns Affect Air Travel? <img src="https://www.oag.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png?width=1600&height=900&name=FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png" width="1600" height="900" loading="lazy" alt="Covid 19 Impact on Air Travel Capacity" style="height: auto; max-width: 100%; width: 1600px;" srcset="https://www.oag.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png?width=800&height=450&name=FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png 800w, https://www.oag.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png?width=1600&height=900&name=FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png 1600w, https://www.oag.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png?width=2400&height=1350&name=FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png 2400w, https://www.oag.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png?width=3200&height=1800&name=FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png 3200w, https://www.oag.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png?width=4000&height=2250&name=FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png 4000w, https://www.oag.com/hs-fs/hubfs/FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png?width=4800&height=2700&name=FIVE%20YEARS%20ON%20FROM%20LOCKDOWNS%20(1600%20x%20900%20px).png 4800w" sizes="(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px"/> By early April 2020, 1/3 people worldwide were under some form of movement restriction or lockdown, and the effect of these shutdowns is clearly visible on this graph, showing weekly...

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