American Tourists: Choosing Greece in the Fall as…
Extended flight schedules and rising demand…
Should mass travel be feasible this summer, airlines expect many tourists to fly directly to seaside destinations, industry sources say.
As a hedge against the deep uncertainty, airlines are likely to push point-to-point trips to European summer destinations.
Planned flights to France, Greece and Portugal are down by less than 8% on pre-crisis 2019 levels, while Egypt and Tunisia are down by a quarter, according to flight data specialist OAG – although all are set to fall further.
If summer travel gets a green light it may come very late, said Wizz Air CEO József Váradi, and the ultra-low-cost carrier can restore flights in under three weeks.
“People will want to get away from cities,” Varadi told Reuters. “Seaside destinations will be incredibly popular.”
[Reuters]
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