Analysis Shows Drop in Short-Term Airline Bookings to Europe After Brussels Attack


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More evidence that terrorism is directly impacting travel in Europe.

An analysis of data from Sojern shows a notable decline in flight bookings across Europe in the days following the March 22 Brussels attacks. Sojern tracked traveler searches and bookings from its travel partners, finding that the searches for flights to Brussels have dropped almost as much as future bookings. In addition, bookings for flights to Brussels are down across every global region. North and South America have dropped off the least, while both Eastern and Western Europe severely reduced booking f