Where Can You Fly Right Now? India’s Outbreak Stalls Global Travel Rebound
Bloomberg 2 hrs ago Layan Odeh and Siddharth Philip
(Bloomberg) The ferocious surge in new coronavirus cases that has turned India into the global pandemic hotspot has also reversed one of the airline industry’s biggest travel comebacks.
Carriers in India had reached 87% of their pre-pandemic seat capacity through early April, based on a Bloomberg analysis of data from flight tracker OAG. That progress has now unraveled as the surge in infections led to a pullback in domestic flights, which make up the vast majority of the market.