UK flights have DOUBLED since last summer to nearly 3,500-a-day

UK flights have DOUBLED since last summer to nearly 3,500-a-day
UK flights have DOUBLED since last summer to nearly 3,500-a-day
UK flights have DOUBLED since last summer to nearly 3,500-a-day... but still lag behind pre-Covid levels The seven-day average for last week was at 54% in the same week in 2019 Yet the daily average of around 3,500 is still around half pre-Covid levels Travel industry bore brunt of pandemic disruption, but is now in recovery 

View
comments

The number of flights to and from the UK has more than doubled since last summer - but remain well below pre-Covid levels. 

The seven-day average for last week was at 54% in the same week in 2019, the Office for National Statistics revealed. 

Yet the daily average of around 3,500 is still around half of what was seen before the pandemic, new data showed today.

Yesterday saw 3,477 flights at UK airports, more than times the 753 seen on the first day of this year. 

This graph shows the increase in the number of daily flights this year, with the first day of each month used to illustrate the trend

This graph shows the increase in the number of daily flights this year, with the first day of each month used to illustrate the trend 

The travel industry has borne the brunt of pandemic disruption, with international travel grinding almost to a halt throughout much of the crisis. 

Yet the sector received a major boost this week after Joe Biden finally said the fully-vaccinated will be allowed in from November.

Bookings surged by up to 700 per cent within an hour of the President's announcement and airlines' share prices rocketed.

In a further boost, Business minister Paul Scully has said the Government could scrap the need to take departure and arrival PCR tests when travelling abroad, from as early as the October half-term holiday.

Asked on Sky News whether PCR tests would be scrapped in time for

read more from dailymail.....

PREV English traitor fighting for Russia against Ukraine says he is 'prepared to ... trends now
NEXT Breathtaking stained glass windows of Gilded Age mausoleums are seen for first ... trends now