While both international and domestic travel demand showed "marginal" improvements in May 2021 compared to April 2021, traffic remained "well below" pre-pandemic levels.
Total demand for air travel in May 2021 was down 62.7% compared to May 2019 and there was a 65.2% decline recorded in April 2021 versus April 2019.
International passenger demand in May was 85.1% below May 2019.
Willie Walsh, Iata’s director general, said it was "disappointing" that more governments are not moving "more rapidly" to use data to drive border reopening.
