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?

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…