LONDON, April 7 (Reuters) - Global airline industry body
IATA said international passenger traffic plunged 89% in
February compared to the same month last year as COVID-19
infections climbed once more, and there was no sign of an
aviation recovery yet.
"International passenger traffic was down almost 89% and is
showing no signs of recovery in the current environment," IATA's
new director general Willie Walsh said at a presentation on
Wednesday.
Walsh, formerly the chief executive of British
Airways-parent group IAG, was holding his first media
briefing since taking on the IATA director general job at the
beginning of April.
(Reporting by Laurence Frost and Sarah Young; Editing by Kate
Holton)