Traffic slumps in second lockdown
UK AIRLINE traffic figures plunged in November after England entered into a second full lockdown for a month – which was due to have ended by December 2.
A vast number of scheduled flights were temporarily suspended after the government reimposed measures “underpinned by law” which banned travel, both within the country and overseas, with exceptions for some work, education and legal reasons. According to figures from the travel data and analytics expert, Cirium, the airline that cut most of its November scheduled departures was easyJet, down 49% compared with the end of October. The Luton-based carrier also revealed it experienced its first ever full-year loss of £1.27bn as a result of the pandemic.