In 2020, 17 percent of respondents globally reported that their use of airplanes for intercity travel had increased since arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic. In contrast, 39 percent of respondents declared that their use of airplanes for intercity travel had decreased in the same period.
Change in intercity airplane travel since arrival of COVID-19 by selected country in 2020
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* Waves represent the different number of phases in which respondents were conducting the surveys.
Question 1: After you return to next normal, how do you think travelling between cities will change compared to before the COVID-19 outbreak?
Question 2: Consumers that have not used this mode of transportation before the COVID-19 outbreak excluded of scope of country
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