airlines are only reluctantly adding flights to their bare-bones schedules, and virus resurgences have some countries imposing new travel rules.The flight paralysis underscores how deep and lasting the pandemic’s damage is proving to be.
The number of international flights to the U.S., Australia and Japan has fallen more than 80% from a year ago, while flights to China are down by more than 94%, according to aviation industry database Cirium.Travelers have to be creative just to get on a plane.
Support groups have sprung up on Facebook and Wechat for those who have been stuck thousands of miles from their jobs, homes and families.