Flying in 2021 it can only get better
Hardly any other sector was as hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic as aviation. But COVID also brought unexpected opportunities for an industry seemingly in peril.
A Lufthansa plane taking off from Frankfurt airport
There are some unexpected success stories in a year that IATA Director General Alexandre de Juniac branded an annus horribilis for aviation. And even this characterization might be an understatement. But one has to look for these small hints of hope amid widespread desperation.
For example, Dubai-based Emirates Airlines, one of the grand industry players, was no stranger to success and always in expansion mode. Not so in 2020: For months on end, there were no flights or just a fraction of normal operations. That s something that would have been impossible to imagine only months before. It s been a year like no other.
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Coronavirus: Sweden implements tougher restrictions as cases rise
Sweden has been one of the more famed exponents of a voluntary, hands-off approach to controlling the virus. Austria and Switzerland have also brought in new measures to ward off increasing numbers of infections.
Until now, Swedish public transport users had only been asked to keep their distance, now it is recommended they don masks
Sweden introduced new coronavirus restrictions on Friday, though many of the measures are only recommendations as Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said the people would not put up with more severe curbs.
As caseloads continue to rise across Europe, Austria and Switzerland known alongside Sweden for their relatively light touch regarding COVID-19 also announced constraints on public life.
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