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		</div><p>Demand for air travel will take longer to return to pre-pandemic levels than initially expected, according to the latest industry forecast.</p>
<p>Trade body ACI Europe, which represents European airports, said it does not expect passenger numbers to recover until 2024, one year later than it predicted in May.</p>
<p>This comes after figures for June show the increase in air travel following the easing of coronavirus restrictions has been slower than anticipated.</p>
<p>Passenger traffic across European airports last month was down 93% compared with June 2019.</p>
<p>This was an improvement on the 98% year-on-year decline recorded in May, but highlights how far the industry has to go to recover from the pandemic.</p>
<p>ACI Europe director-general Olivier Jankovec said: <em>“The recovery in passenger traffic is proceeding at a slower pace than we had hoped for.</em></p>
<p><em>“This was the case in June, and initial data for July also indicates we’re likely to recover only 19% of last year’s traffic rather than the 30% we had forecast.</em></p>
<p><em>“The fact that EU and Schengen states have not yet managed to effectively co-ordinate and align over their travel policies does not help, as it is not conducive to restoring confidence in travel and tourism in the middle of the peak summer season.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Jankovec warned that liquidity for airports will <em>“remain an ongoing concern through the winter”</em>.</p>
<p>He added that many airports – especially smaller, regional sites – will need <em>“financial relief”</em>.</p>
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