European aviation: recovery slides further as travel restrictions rise

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IATA says increased international travel restrictions are a “knee jerk” response to the Omicron variant of COVID-19. It points out that there is no clear relationship between COVID case numbers and international travel restrictions.

Unfortunately, there is however a clear relationship between travel restrictions and aviation demand. Europe’s capacity recovery, which had already lost impetus, has now been on a sliding trend for six weeks.

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