Airlines
U.S. Airlines Poised for Relief from Covid Crisis
Airlines for America chief economist expects boost in business traffic to gain momentum in the third quarter.
Frontier Airlines stood among the carriers whose low-cost model helped it to more effectively withstand the ravages of the pandemic.
Frontier Airlines stood among the carriers whose low-cost model helped it to more effectively withstand the ravages of the pandemic.

While airlines around the world have suffered profound damage from the pandemic over the past 16 months, U.S. carriers largely see the middle of 2021 as an inflection point as vaccination rates gradually increase and a population beset by Covid fatigue pines for a break from social restrictions. For an industry that has undergone a permanent structural change following record financial losses, returning to some semblance of normalcy—at least in the leisure market—would mark the beginning of the end of the worst downturn it has ever endured.