{"id":16381,"date":"2020-08-28T09:28:11","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T13:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16381"},"modified":"2020-08-29T09:29:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T13:29:09","slug":"gatwick-airport-warns-of-five-year-wait-for-recovery-of-air-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16381","title":{"rendered":"Gatwick Airport Warns Of Five Year Wait For Recovery Of Air Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gatwick_08282020.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16382\" srcset=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gatwick_08282020.png 600w, http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/gatwick_08282020-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Gatwick Airport has said demand for air travel might not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The British airport announced a 61.3% fall in revenue and a \u00a3321 million loss during the first six months of the year compared with the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Earnings before tax and interest plummeted by 98.3%.<\/p>\n<p>Passenger numbers fell from 22.2 million to 7.5 million over the same period.<\/p>\n<p>The airport said in a statement that the recovery to pre-pandemic traffic levels \u201cis forecast to be four to five years\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Gatwick Airport announced on Wednesday that it plans to cut around 600 jobs due to the impact of the crisis, representing nearly a quarter of its workforce.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-16381\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16381&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-16381\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16381&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-16381\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16381&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16381\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gatwick Airport has said demand for air travel might not return to pre-pandemic levels until 2025. 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