Le "retour sain" des utilisateurs alimente l'utilisation des ascenseurs dans toute l'Europe

Londres, Paris et Bruxelles ouvrent la voie à une résurgence de l'utilisation des ascenseurs à travers l'Europe, CoStar^TM rapports. En moyenne, les villes européennes se situent à près de 80 % des niveaux d'avant la pandémie, les touristes et les employés de bureau revenant régulièrement, the source says, citing data from KONE. The OEM tracked the monthly number of elevator trips in offices and hotels in major European cities from January 2018 to March 2023. Just prior to the first cases of COVID-19 being reported in February 2020, London saw an average of 12,800 starts per elevator per month in office buildings. By April, that had plummeted by 80%. In March 2023, London's average number of office elevator starts was 10,200 (80% of the pre-pandemic level). In March 2023, office elevator recovery, in terms of average starts, ranged from 70-82% in Berlin, Brussels, Hamburg, Helsinki, Milan, Munich and Paris. KONE Head of Software and Services R&D Johannes Rastas says he expects office elevator usage to return to pre-pandemic levels by the second half of this year. Europe's hotel sector has seen an even stronger recovery, with Paris hotels experiencing a 99% recovery as of March with an average of 15,000 starts. Also notable were Hamburg, Germany, which saw 114% recovery, and Milan, Italy, with a 129% recovery.