Marriott International CEO Tony Capuano told Your World that the wider distribution of vaccines “will really increase confidence” about travel safety.
The Transportation Security Administration has processed its largest number of travelers since March 15, 2020, on Friday, as more Americans are vaccinated.
The TSA sued 1.357 million people – more than 1.257 million people almost a year ago – at the time when states began requesting COVID-19 blocks.
The agency processed more than 2 million travelers every day in March 2019.
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The US aviation industry has struggled with $ 150 million in daily losses, according to Airlines for America, a year after the pandemic began to spread across the country. Fear of virus contamination and state regulations have significantly reduced travel.
A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent wears a protective mask and stands behind a protective barrier while examining a traveler at Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia. (Photographer: Andrew Harrer / Bloomberg via
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Friday that the government has administered more than 100 million vaccines so far, which could help boost travel.
American consultancy Oliver Wyman found that the global aviation fleet will be smaller than initially expected after COVID-19, and airlines will not reach operating levels from 2019 until 2022, according to their global fleet and MRO forecast for 10 years .
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“COVID has created a long list of challenges never before seen in modern commercial aviation,” said Tom Cooper, vice president of Oliver Wyman and one of the report’s authors, in a January 28 statement.
He continued: “It will take the next few years for the fleet to adjust and return to steady growth, but even after 10 years, the industry will never fully recover everything it lost with the pandemic. Now, with many airlines still burning millions of dollars every day, the focus should be on cash flow management. “
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In the United States, the number of people passing through airports remains almost 60% lower so far this year, compared to 2019, the last normal pre-pandemic year. Most of these people are flying internally.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.