Eurocontrol: Europe's air traffic may not go back to normal until 2029

In a report published during Friday, the Brussels-based air traffic management agency has indicated that the number of flights to European airspace between January and April of this year was lower by 65 percent, compared to the same period in 2019, Euronews, broadcast Klan Kosova.

Depending on the extent of COVID-19 vaccines and their efficiency against new versions of the virus, this organisation predicted three different models for the future of European air travel.

If the vaccine is slow in Europe and around the world, it will prevent flights, passenger confidence and delay a return to normal until the end of the decade.

Director General Eamonn Brenan has said that “situate remains very challenging for European aviation”.

“We are going to summer 2021 and most of the restrictions are still in place, despite encouraging progress on the vaccine front”.

We'll probably have about 50 percent of the 2019 traffic for the entire 2021 (5.5 million flights) ”

By the end of next year, traffic will be restored only 72 percent of 2019 levels and will be restored as it was before the pandemic by 2025” alone, it has ended.