One feels for all businesses affected by the virus, but there are some which one feels for in particular. Jet2 is one such. A well-run airline and tour operator and a great supporter of Mallorca, even Jet2’s boundless optimism - “2021 is shaping up to be a fantastic year”, as reported last week in this column - can stretch only so far. The plug has been pulled on everything until March 25,
operations to the Balearics and Spain having previously been suspended to February 11.
By March 25, more than a year will have passed since it all started, and no one - if they are being honest - can say
Hoteliers in Mallorca and the other Balearic Islands say they
expect to recover 50% of the turnover they recorded in 2019 during the 2021 summer season and are confident that there will be sufficient coronavirus control measures in Germany, Britain, Scandinavia, Switzerland, France and Italy to allow ‘safe corridors’ to be established.
“The situation is very complicated for many companies and
we must prepare as best we can for the beginning of the next summer season, we have to be proactive,” said Hotel Business Federation of Mallorca President, Maria Frontera.
The Spanish Tourist Offices in Berlin and London as well as DRV and ABTA agree that