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China bookings at 5% of pre-COVID-19 levels: IATA report
November 21st 2022
International ticket bookings in China remain a fraction of pre-COVID-19 levels, figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) show. Read More » China was far behind European markets such as Germany and the UK and also the U.S., where international air travel had returned to 80% of pre-pandemic levels. “China, on the other hand, has an even stricter COVID policy than one year ago. International ticket bookings remain at less than 5% of pre-pandemic levels for the third year in a row,” the airline lobby group said. China’s recent easing of some travel restrictions had “not impacted booking data in any meaningful way”, unlike the experience of many other markets, IATA said. “Most likely, prevailing strict COVID-related restrictions in specific localities curtailed the rebound potential of the national measures,” it added.
