Travel Clampdowns Dampen Airlines’ Hopes

Helen Massy-Beresford Jens Flottau February 08, 2021
COVID-19 passenger screening at airport
Airlines’ summer recovery hopes are fading as restrictions tighten.
Credit: Patrick Fallon/AFP/Getty Images
Airlines that had pinned their hopes on a summer 2021 recovery in demand, helped by widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, are facing the strong possibility that a slew of new travel restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of new coronavirus variants will limit that potential rebound. At the beginning...
Helen Massy-Beresford

Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.

Jens Flottau

Based in Frankfurt, Germany, Jens is executive editor and leads Aviation Week Network’s global team of journalists covering commercial aviation.

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