Business and International Recoveries Will Shape U.S. Airline Networks

摘要

U.S. airlines are benefiting from strong leisure demand during the traditionally busy peak summer season, but for many the final steps to a sustained recovery that includes business and international traffic upticks could be difficult. That is the conclusion from a new Swelbar-Zhong Consultancy analysis that projects 87% of the gap between projected 2021 U.S. carrier passenger totals and 2019 figures is lost business and international traffic. The analysis projects that U.S airlines will carry 62% of their 2019 passenger totals this year. That percentage includes 90% of 2019's leisure traffic and 20% of business traffic. Getting the rest of it back-particularly the international component that contributes to both business and leisure-will not happen overnight, the firm says.