A second wave of Covid-19 has put the brakes on the recent budding recovery in air travel demand in Thailand, with domestic air travel plunging by 60 per cent since the start of 2021, reported the Bangkok Post.
That figure was drawn from 20 airports, which are under the purview of the Department of Airports (DoA) nationwide, said the report, quoting Apirat Chaiwongnoi, acting director-general of the department.
Resurgence of the coronavirus has caused domestic air travel in Thailand to fall 60%; domestic travellers checking in at the Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand last November pictured
The number of domestic passengers passing through the 20 airports also dropped from an average 30,000 a day before the New Year to 12,000, he said.
After the long New Year weekend, the number of daily flights operated into and out of the 20 airports was down 40…
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