Fight or Flight
Few industries have been harder hit by the COVID-19 pandemic than travel, and there’s a rocky road ahead. Domestic travel spending is expected to fall 40% this year, while international inbound spending will decline a staggering 75%, according to U.S. Travel Association data. Since airlines have been particularly affected, Cheapism asked travel industry data and analytics firm Cirium to identify the U.S. airports most affected by canceled flights — and the numbers are shocking. Some of the nation’s busiest airports have seen a more than 80% to 90% drop in flights between 2019 and 2020. “The U.S. airline industry has a long way to go to recover from the devastating impact of the COVID-19 virus,” says David White, vice president of market development at Cirium.
Here are the 10 airports in the country with the most COVID-19 flight cancellations as of May.
Related: This U.S. Airline Has Cut 76% of Its Routes
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
2019 flights flown: 28,922
2020 flights flown: 12,065
Change: 58% drop
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
2019 flights flown: 22,830
2020 flights flown: 9,210
Change: 60% drop
Denver International Airport
2019 flights flown: 25,577
2020 flights flown: 8,722
Change: 66% drop
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
2019 flights flown: 18,199
2020 flights flown: 5,346
Change: 71% drop
McCarran International Airport
2019 flights flown: 15,620
2020 flights flown: 4,078
Change: 74% drop
Chicago O’Hare International Airport
2019 flights flown: 38,094
2020 flights flown: 8,911
Change: 77% drop
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
2019 flights flown: 37,932
2020 flights flown: 8,402
Change: 78% drop
San Francisco International Airport
2019 flights flown: 17,940
2020 flights flown: 3,322
Change: 81% drop
Los Angeles International Airport
2019 flights flown: 26,369
2020 flights flown: 4,768
Change: 82% decrease
John F. Kennedy International Airport
2019 flights flown: 18,349
2020 flights flown: 1,616
Change: 91% drop
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