The traffic volume of Franco-Dutch airline holding company Air France-KLM fell by 50.6 percent over the month of March in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the worldwide closure of borders, the company said in a press release published on Thursday
PARIS (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th April, 2020) The traffic volume of Franco-Dutch airline holding company Air France-KLM fell by 50.6 percent over the month of March in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the worldwide closure of borders, the company said in a press release published on Thursday.
"Group passenger activity: number of passengers -56.6%, traffic -50.6%, load factor -20.5pts," the statement read.
In March 2019, the group's airlines - Air France, KLM and Transavia - transported 8.3 million passengers, while in the same period of this year only 3.6 million passengers flew with them.
"March 2020 traffic figures are strongly impacted by COVID-19, reflecting progressive extension of capacity reductions due to the global expansion of the virus ... For April and May 2020 the Group foresees over 90% of planned capacity to be suspended as a consequence of the globally imposed travel restrictions to counter the spread of the COVID-19. Air France and KLM aim to continue serving key city pairs by a skeleton operation from their respective hubs," the company said.
According to Johns Hopkins University, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases globally has surpassed 1.5 million. The death toll is approaching 90,000, but almost 340,000 patients have recovered.
