Airlines
IATA Calls for Rapid Covid Tests as Europe Struggles
The association says the tests must replace quarantines and that slot allocation waivers must be extended to allow for a slow air transport recovery.

Europe’s air transport sector is facing a slow climb to recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic with no positive traffic and revenue numbers anticipated until the last quarter of 2021, according to IATA. On the last day of its 76th annual general meeting, Rafael Schvartzman, the industry group’s regional vice president for Europe, said that it now projects that only Africa and the Middle East will have even worse performance. He said that full recovery will likely take until 2024.