Travel Rebound Stalls as China Cuts Flights, U.S. Tops Out
Shutdowns stretch from Beijing to Nanjing, while Spirit and American cancel flights
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For the second week in a row, the recovery in global air traffic has taken a step back.
Airline seat capacity declined about a quarter of a percentage point to 68% of the amount offered in the same week of 2019, before the Covid-19 pandemic disrupted a multi-year travel expansion fueled by the rising number of middle-class tourists from China and Southeast Asia.