Airlines look past slow recovery to post-pandemic travel
By Laurence Frost
By Laurence Frost
PARIS (Reuters) - Even as new setbacks cloud their path to recovery, airline bosses are focusing on the lasting impact of COVID-19 on premium travel, technology and other pillars of their business.
Aviation leaders, forced to gather virtually by the pandemic, have been gauging its longer-term fallout at the World Aviation Festival, after more than a year of lockdowns.
Drawing many top executives and thousands of participants, this week s event comes as doubts over the northern summer vacation season renew scrutiny of airlines cash and their ability to withstand another washout.
Airlines look past slow recovery to post-pandemic travel
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Apr 20, 2021 4:21 AM
LONDON (Reuters) - The head of global airline industry body IATA has hit out at the high cost of PCR testing, accusing some companies of profiteering from the COVID-19 tests, and calling for the industry to challenge whether PCR tests are necessary. We re clearly seeing evidence of profiteering by people who have jumped on the testing bandwagon Willie Walsh, IATA s new director general, said at an industry conference on Tuesday. The cost of testing should be significantly lower than it is. I think we ve got to challenge whether PCR testing is necessary, he said.
(Reporting by Laurence Frost and Sarah Young; editing by Michael Holden)