Air passenger numbers down by almost 60 percent

Air passenger numbers down by almost 60 percent
Pandemic has wiped out 15 years of air travel growth in the Faroes
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06.01.2021 - 06:05

The number of travellers passing through Vágar Airport went down by 57.6 percent last year compared to 2019.

In 2019, the number was 424,281. Last year it was 179,788, boomeranging back to levels last seen in 2005.

Last month saw 9,823 travellers pass through Vágar Airport, a drop of 60 percent on December 2019.

 

Translated by prosa.fo

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