In the first quarter, Delta expects revenue to fall by 60 per cent to 65 per cent from a year ago and its scheduled flight capacity to shrink by 35 per cent
Challenging outlook for airlines despite vaccine progress: IATA ANI | Updated: Jan 13, 2021 11:02 IST
Geneva [Switzerland], January 13 (ANI): The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects the industry to turn cash positive this year but not until the fourth quarter with the rollout of vaccines gradually giving governments the confidence to reopen markets. We can see light at the end of the tunnel, said Chief Economist Brian Pearce. But it is still some way away, and the situation is likely to get worse first.
While the industry saw some modest improvement in bookings after the vaccine announcement news in the fourth quarter of 2020, the trend was reversed towards the end of December and into the first few days of 2021.
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Thailand has now opened its Special Tourist Visa (STV) to the whole world, and also introduced new eligibility criteria for Singaporeans flying to Thailand!
On Oct 7 2020, The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has issued a Special Tourist Visa (STV) scheme to a number of countries it deems “low-risk” of Covid-19 infection, including Singapore.
The STV scheme in application to Singaporeans in particular, had a number of stringent requirements to fulfill if you want to apply for the visa.
Since then, The Bangkok Post has reported on Dec 9 2020 that only 825 people from 29 countries have taken up the visa.
TAT has decided to loosen the requirements and open up the visa application to all the countries in the world after seeing those numbers.