(Finance) – The war in the Middle East he is making his people feel effects on air transport, particularly on international flights, which recorded a 26% decrease in bookings. According to IATA data, it would go from a +13% compared to 2019, which was the trend before the attack carried out by Hamas on Israel, to a – 13% on 2019.
In the United States the big airlines see their bookings go through from +6% to -4%or down by 10 percentage points.
Another source, the survey company ForwardKeysquoted by the Financial Times, reports a 20% drop compared to the 2019 reference values. However, this backlash would not concern the big carriers European low-costRyanair and easyJet.
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