Polish airports serviced around 8 million passengers in the first half of the year, down by 64 percent from the same period of 2019, according to Poland's Civil Aviation Office (ULC).
Polish national airline LOT said on Monday that due to the Covid-19 pandemic it would probably carry about 2 million passengers in 2020, a fraction of the number it had expected to handle.
Poland's 13 regional airports handled 8.04 million passengers in the first three quarters of 2020, 15.3 million (or 65.6 pct) less than in the corresponding period of the previous year, the Polish Regional Airports Association (ZRPL) data shows.
Warsaw's Chopin airport processed over 323,000 passengers in October, 2020, an 80.9-percent fall on the preceding year, the company said in a statement.
Poland will ban passenger flights to 10 countries at it further tightens coronavirus restrictions, a government regulation published on Tuesday said.
Poland's 13 regional airports handled 63 percent fewer passengers in the first half of the year than in the same period in 2019, according to a report by the Polish Regional Airports Association (ZRPL) released on Monday.
The Krakow-Balice International Airport in southern Poland serviced 205,600 passengers in July, 74 percent less than in the previous year, the airport announced on Monday.
Warsaw's Chopin Airport processed around 46,000 travelers in June, a 97.4-percent decrease year on year, the air terminal's press office has reported in a statement.
Poland will lift passenger limits from July 1 on both regular and charter flights, Deputy PM and Development Minister Jadwiga Emilewicz has announced.
On Wednesday, international passenger air traffic resumed to and from Poland after a three-month break due to the COVID-19 epidemic, airlines and airports have introduced new guidelines to ensure the safe transport of passengers.
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