Passenger Demand Plunges on COVID-19 Travel Restrictions

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic data for February 2020 showing that demand (measured in total revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) fell 14.1% compared to February 2019. This was the steepest decline in traffic since 9.11 and reflected collapsing domestic travel in China and sharply falling international demand to/from and within […]

Cabo Verde Airlines expands transatlantic network

Cabo Verde Airlines will launch flights in December to Washington DC and Porto Alegre in Brazil. Washington Dulles airport says that the Cape Verdean carrier will operate thrice-weekly flights from the island of Sal, starting on 8 December. The US capital will be the airline’s second destination in the USA after Boston, which is being […]