Losing altitude: Study reveals business flights down nearly four million on pre-pandemic levels

Stuart Stone
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Number of flights taken for business purposes in 2023 was 29 per cent lower than 2019 levels, New Economics Foundation analysis finds

The number of business flights taken to and from the UK in 2023 was 29 per cent lower than pre-pandemic levels in 2019, according to a fresh analysis of Office for National Statistics data undertaken by...

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