2020 Is Year Airlines Would Rather Forget, as These Charts Show
Carriers have been put through the wringer over the past 12 months
A storm approaches serviced aircraft that are sealed and stored at the Asia Pacific Aircraft Storage Facility (APAS) at Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia, on Oct. 21, 2020.
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Few sectors of the battered global economy have been hit as hard as the airline industry in 2020.
The coronavirus pandemic left fleets of planes grounded and caused air passenger traffic to slump as much as 94%. Cash-strapped carriers have been struggling to rebuild, hampered by further waves of infection and strict curbs on travel.