Air traffic in and out of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, dropped by 51% last year

Air traffic in and out of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, dropped by 51% last year, slightly better than the nationwide drop of 64%, reported the Center for Transportation Strategies. Worldwide, passenger traffic dropped by 60%, hitting the level of 2003, International Civil Aviation Organization reports in a study headlined: “2020 passenger totals drop 60 percent as COVID-19 assault on international mobility continues.” For Ukrainian travel agencies, sales volumes fell by 70%, Pavel Grigorash, executive director of the national Association of Travel Agencies, tells Economic Truth website.