John Mangelaars joined Skyscanner as CEO a year ago, after seven years at online travel agency group Travix International, also owned by Trip.com Group.
What has been the effect of 20 months of Covid, with all its attendant restrictions, on the way we fly? Here is everything you need to know about taking to the skies in the coming year.
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14 May 2021, 17:21 BST
Cyclists make their way through Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in West Wales. Sustainable travel is complicated and, as Fran Cellet explains, even the term is flawed.
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Do you remember all the fuss about plastic straws? It wasn’t long ago when company after company realised that handing out 4.7 billion plastic straws each year in England alone wasn’t such a great idea after all. Hotels were quick to jump on that ‘green’ bandwagon. It was a clear win: something easy to phase out, that represented both a cost saving and a simple way of showing a brand’s eco credentials.
There’s no doubt it’s been the toughest time on record for the aviation industry, with passenger numbers plummeting, flight schedules heavily reduced and planes left idle on runways.
According to data analysts Cirium, 21 years of global growth has been wiped out in 12 months, with passenger flights down 67pc in 2020.
Despite the bleak picture painted by these facts, most major airlines are soldiering on and looking forward to brighter times.
Using the pandemic pause to take stock and make improvements, many of the industry’s highest flyers have enhanced aircraft and reshaped protocols to offer customers a safer, greener and comfier time in the sky.