Swiss International Airlines is confronting the greatest challenge in its corporate history as management concluded that a significant restructuring of its business is unavoidable.

Most Europeans are willing to travel by the end of August, demonstrating the “significant amount of pent-up demand which has accumulated following months of travel restrictions,” a new report has found.

While the Australia-New Zealand travel bubble is the first in the Asia-Pacific region, demand has been slow to rebound.

After battling headwinds during the first quarter from a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Brazil, Azul is seeing positive signs for a rebound in demand as its home country’s vaccination rates increase.  

What now in the post-pandemic world?  During several recent trade shows, webinars and Aviation Week interviews, advisors and analysts have shed light on where they think industry giants are going next and why.

Italy-based Air Dolomiti is in negotiations with several European regional airports which are looking for airline partnerships to secure connectivity. 

FedEx Express and its partners have begun a series of humanitarian flights to India, delivering much needed medical supplies and oxygen concentrators.

Recent weeks had seen European airlines sounding increasingly gloomy about the prospects for the summer season recovery, the thought of which likely kept many executives going over the lean COVID-hit winter months.