{"id":119088,"date":"2021-11-30T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=119088"},"modified":"2021-11-30T23:22:50","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T23:22:50","slug":"airlines-concerned-about-impact-omicron-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2021\/11\/airlines-concerned-about-impact-omicron-variant.html","title":{"rendered":"Airlines concerned about the impact of Omicron variant."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Airline bosses voiced concern on Tuesday that travel restrictions linked to the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus risked blowing an industry recovery off course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The strongest warning came from Emirates airline President Tim Clark who said a major hit to the peak December travel season would cause \u201csignificant traumas\u201d in the global aviation business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 U.S. warns of increased flight incidents and orders greater vigilance.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

British budget airline easyJet also spoke of a softening in demand in recent weeks as the resurgence of the virus in parts of continental Europe prompted customers to rethink city break plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The discovery of the Omicron variant, first reported in southern African last week, dealt a blow to the industry just as it had recovery in its sights, especially following the easing of U.S.-bound travel here earlier in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Multiple countries including Japan, the United States, Britain and Israel have imposed travel curbs in order to slow the spread of the new variant which it is feared could prove more resistant to vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Airbus A340 lands for first time in Antarctica.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clark said the next few weeks, the run-up to the Christmas and New Year holiday season, would prove critical for the airline industry as scientists assess the risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I would say probably by the end of December, we’ll have a much clearer position,” Clark said in an interview for the Reuters <\/a>Next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut in that time, December is a very important month for the air travel business,\u201d he added. \u201cIf that is lost, or the winter is lost to a lot of carriers, there will be significant traumas in the business, certainly the aviation business and the periphery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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