Opinion: The airline recovery has been put on hold as Covid-19 strikes again

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Opinion: The airline recovery has been put on hold as Covid-19 strikes again
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'The bottom line for travel may seem obvious, but recovery to 2019 demand levels will be [difficult] — even amid an impressive economic recovery — if large numbers of people remain unvaccinated and Covid-19 is uncontained.' | CNN Business Perspectives

Khalid Usman is a partner in Oliver Wyman's transportation and services practice. Andrew Buchanan is a vice president with the same practice. Tom Stalnaker is the leader of Oliver Wyman's global aviation practice and a partner. The opinions expressed in this commentary are their own.

.leftside-floating-image { width:100%; display:block; margin:0 auto 1.5rem; } @media screen and { .leftside-floating-image { float:left; width:50%; max-width: 200px; display:block; margin:0 1.5rem 1rem 0; } } There were moments in the spring and early summer when US airlines saw a chance for domestic leisure air traffic to recover to 2019 levels by the end of this year — and for a significant pickup in both business and international travel.

However, thanks to Covid-19's Delta variant, hospitalizations are once again approaching peak pandemic numbers in several parts of the United States, and those hopeful moments have been quashed for now. DomesticAfter a busy summer season, US leisure travelers began hunkering down again last month, likely because of rising Covid cases.

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