Where can you fly right now? The race is on to save summer
Live MintAs vaccination campaigns gather pace around the world, more travel markets are returning to levels last seen before the global Covid-19 outbreak, boding well for the summer tourism flows that are vital to repairing the pandemic-ravaged aviation industry. Willie Walsh, who heads the International Air Transport Association, said, he’s “slightly more optimistic” about a recovery than he was earlier this year, when the group predicted an industrywide loss of $48 billion for 2021, a number he said was “a little bit conservative.’’“We should do better than that,’’ Walsh said of IATA’s prediction during a wide-ranging interview on Thursday. “And I think Europe is probably going to open up a bit faster than we had expected.” What’s Happening in Air Travel This Week Scheduled capacity for European markets continue to climb as countries open up and airlines cater to pent-up demand. While there’s a “real opportunity” to open travel again with the help of double vaccinations, things will take time to get back to normal, he said on Thursday. “I am not going to claim that this summer for travel purposes is going to be like any other summer,’’ Johnson said in response to questions in Parliament.
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