expect the man to return to pre-crisis levels before 2024 echoing a warning from the international air transport association. the skies are empty in germany the number of air travelers has dropped by 80 percent since the start of the corona virus outbreak and the situation in other countries is no different figures for january were normal in fact with a slight rise compared to the same time the year before but then the pandemic began and by april the aviation sector saw passenger numbers plunged by 94 percent the figure has recovered slightly but remains low the international air transport association iata forecasts that falling passenger numbers will cost the business half its revenues for the year until the pandemic is under control air traffic has little chance to recoup its losses travel restrictions border closures plus mandatory health checks are all putting a damper on international aviation also sales of lucrative business class tickets have plummeted as video conferencing replaces physical meetings as long as the virus continues to spread in major markets like the us many people prefer to stay home

expect demand to return to pre-crisis levels before 2024 echoing a warning from the international air transport association. most of its planes are still ground day to pump tang currently on used to runways of tons that has been part nationalized point in a deal granting it 9000000000 euros in state aid a lifeline out of the crisis. in the 1st quarter of this year the airline already suffered operational losses to the tune of 1200000000 euros in the 2nd quarter as much as 1700000000. radical change is the order of the day in june looked left the german dax index and the german government now owns a 20 percent stake in it. but that hasn't secured jobs there is now in talks with unions trying to find a way to cut costs and so curb redundancies. but the airlines chairman constant said thursday that given the current situation job cuts would be unavoidable frankfurt airport a year ago thronging crowds passengers requested to arrive 2 hours before departure to allow enough time for everyone to board it will be at least 2024 before we see such scenes again that is at least 2024 because both the infection rates w

arriving passengers a relatively small number of people who are waiting to travel the international air transport association is estimating losses for airlines in latin america at 4000000000 dollars this year. well south africa's government is warning that the coronavirus crisis could cost the jobs of $400000.00 workers and that's just in the tourism industry 5 months of lockdown restrictions are being eased but tourism could take 5 years to revive for me to miller her small from johannesburg. relies on tourists to villa because the street in so we're told to make a living a car park attendant still comes to work during one of the world's longest lock downs but business is quiet he applied to the government's covert relief fund for a grant of $20.00 a month but says he's not received anything he's done thousands of people who say. it's quiet. fairly quiet and i'm thinking about as people new to us have been there they're also home late in the. for the street was once home to former president nelson mandela and archbishop emeritus desmond tutu the area usually bustles with tourists and students and school twa

dish going to things to get people to at least travel virtually at the moment the international air transport association says 2020 will be the worst year on record for aviation with an alliance expected to lose more than $84000000000.00 international tourism numbers had already talked by 90 percent as of may virtual reality may not come close to real destination before some it's as close as still get to holiday until they can travel again. to tell even a slower a very unforgiving headlines from al-jazeera a new ambassadors to belarus have laid flowers at a memorial for victims of a crackdown that police have detained about a 700 people are forced by of unrest of a sunday's disputed election they join 6000 already in custody. the u.n. human rights office has condemned the violence against protesters and is calling on bail reuss to release the detainees we do have reports that people. during the process of the last one being arrested also in detention and we do understand absolute. treatment and told with very concerned that they have been detained should be released immediately more than 9000 people have

dish going to things to get people to do at this travel virtually at the moment the international air transport association says 2020 will be the worst year on record for aviation with a line's expected to lose more than $84000000000.00 international tourism numbers had already talked but 90 percent as of may virtual reality may not come close to a real destination but for some it's as close as still get to holiday until they can travel again. this is al jazeera these are the top stories lebanon's parliament has approved an extension to the state of emergency for beirut to give security forces more powers to curb demonstrations sparked by anger over last week's catastrophic explosion. india has registered a record daily number of infections the 67000 new cases bring the total to nearly 2400000 infectious diseases experts say the country is still months away from hitting its peak elizabeth purana has more now from new delhi. yes again another single highest day rise and we also know that one of the reasons that the numbers are going up is because india is testing more than it ever has it's continuing to inc

greet arriving passengers a relatively small number of people waiting to travel the international air transport association is estimating losses lines in latin america at nearly 4000000000 dollars this year. the world health organization is warning governments against stockpiling covert $900.00 vaccines and treatments if and when they are developed referring to vaccine nationalism the w.h.o. chief said it would only make the pandemic worse the e.u. britain switzerland and the us are striking deals with companies testing possible vaccines and russia and china working on their own trials as new data mystics medicines and vaccines comes through the pipeline it's critical that countries go on to repeat the same mistakes we need to prevent vaccine nationalism and for this reason w 2 is working with governments and the private sector to was actually read the signs through the act accelerator and ensure that new innovations that i've delivered to everyone everywhere starting with those at highest risk. the us democratic party has formally nominated joe biden as its 2020 presidential candidate it happened on the 2

it is going to things to get people to at least travel virtually at the moment the international air transport association says 2020 will be the worst year on record for aviation with and lines expected to lose more than $84000000000.00 international tourism numbers had already talked but 90 percent as of may virtual reality may not come close to real destination before some it's as close as still get to holiday until they can travel again. by not. finally this is a nice story as they were in mexico that celebrating the birth of her african elephants part of a breeding program for the threatened species of i are a pair of male. here they are rick and zoom they're in good health after nearly 2 year gestation period their parents are among 9 maybe an elephant's rescued by the african safari in the city of poor blood 8 years ago. ok let's take you to the headlines this hour on al-jazeera joe biden and countless hours of a period together for the 1st time is running mates in the race against president donald trump the white house presented themselves as the right team to lead the u.s. through the coronavirus

dish going to things to get people to do at this travel virtually at the moment the international air transport association says 2020 will be the worst year on record for aviation with an alliance expected to lose more than $84000000000.00 international tourism numbers had already talked but 90 percent as of may virtual reality may not come close to a real destination but for some it's as close as still get to holiday until they can travel again. updating your top stories here on al-jazeera india has registered a record daily number of infections the 67000 new cases bring the total to nearly 2400000 elizabeth braun is in new delhi. yes again another single highest day rise and we also know that one of the reasons for the numbers are going up is because india is testing more than it ever has it's continuing to increase testing as well as the single highest a rise on wednesday india also conducted its highest ever number of tests more than 800000 so that it has a better idea of the spread of the infection in the country because remember the $2400000.00 confirmed cases is thought to be a fraction of the real

dish going to things to get people to do at this travel virtually at the moment the international air transport association says 2020 will be the worst year on record for aviation with an alliance expected to lose more than $84000000000.00 international tourism numbers had already talked but 90 percent as of may virtual reality may not come close to real destination before some it's as close as still get to holiday until they can travel again. this is al jazeera these are the top stories members of lebanon's parliament who gather to discussing standing a state of emergency for beirut after last week's catastrophic explosion security forces have been stopping protesters from reaching the conference center where they're meeting and smith says political wrangling has started over who will now govern the country. well the political process to appoint a new cabinet could be a long drawn out the lebanese people are relying on a cabinet essentially of national unity to be appointed to unlock the billions of dollars in foreign aid that lebanon needs because it's the foreign donors that have sat in the new cabinet

dish kind of things to get people to at least travel virtually at the moment the international air transport association says 2020 will be the worst year on record for aviation with a line's expected to lose more than $84000000000.00 international tourism numbers had already talked but 90 percent as of may virtual reality may not come close to a real destination but for some it's as close as still get to holiday until they can travel again. this is al jazeera these are the top stories the police in belarus have detained another 700 people on a 4th night of unrest over sunday's disputed election they join 6000 already in custody one protester died in police custody on weapons day. turkey's president says talks are the only way to resolve the dispute with greece of oil and gas exploration in the eastern mediterranean it comes after france said it would increase its military presence in the area in egypt a senior leader of the muslim brotherhood has died in cairo's notorious scorpion prison at the age of 66. was a doctor and an m.p. it worked to promote democratic principles within the muslim brotherhood w

liz: the international air transportation association said today that it expects global travel, air travel, to come back by 2024. you're saying 2023? can i just pinpoint you on that? >> oh, i wish i could tell you that precisely. i think there's going to be a couple elements. there's domestic travel, domestic is doing better than international. today, we are operating about 50% of our domestic flights, with about 25% of our normal traffic on. so over the next 12 to 24 months, i see domestic coming back at a meaningful level. international's probably lagging domestic by about a year. so i think next summer's when you are going to start to see some meaningful international travel. could it take to 2024, i guess that's possible. hopefully in the next two to three years we will be back traveling at scale. liz: we are two weeks or so into august. i know that april, may, june, you guys were down 93% when it came to load factor. can you give us some sense of how august is shaping up? how is it looking? is it better than what we have seen? >> it's getting better. you're right. in april we bottomed

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international air transport association and industry group has said air traffic is not going to returnor pre-covid levels until 2024, and that is a long time away. obviously, there's tension between the u.s. and china, and hong kong is being dragged into that, as we all know, and who knows how that might affect cathay down the line? we will get more insight with of cathay's results .alvin lau later he says the worst is over for the carrier. coming up, we speak to the ceo holdings in an exclusive interview. this is bloomberg. ♪ we are just getting an alert when it comes to australian consumer confidence. that gaze just crossing the bloomberg. the august consumer confidence falling 9.9% -- 9.5% month on month. we have seen retail sale spending numbers surprisingly robust even as parts of the country are currently still in at lockdown. one people spending more their houses as travel, internationally at least, has been significantly curbed. we are starting to see that august consumer confidence , reflecting the pretty dire unemployment situation the country is facing as well. let's look at

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the international air transport association pushed their numbers out to 2024.at time frame that assumes, you know, to get to that number, that assumes that you have some sort of epidemiological fix that's otherwise probably by the middle of next year and it can get distributed if that gets delayed, things get pushed out, so on and so forth >> phil, you've got ron saying three years and that might be optimistic before we get to 2 plus million passengers a day which is the average is that what you're hearing from your industry contacts >> yes. >> this is a multi-year story even best case. >> you're focused on just the number of passengers here in the united states. you have to look at what happens with international travel, long haul travel. it's been dead in the water now for several months it has improved in asia and in china in terms of traffic levels over there, but europe is still a mess we're a mess how many people do you know who have said, you know, i'm in the mood to take a trip to italy nobody is talking about it you can't do it now, but nobody is talki