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Airlines look past slow recovery to post-pandemic travel Reuters 2 hrs ago (Corrects date to April 22) By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) - Even as new setbacks cloud their path to recovery, airline bosses are focusing on the lasting impact of COVID-19 on premium travel, technology and other pillars of their business. Aviation leaders, forced to gather virtually by the pandemic, have been gauging its longer-term fallout at the World Aviation Festival, after more than a year of lockdowns. © Reuters/ERIC GAILLARD FILE PHOTO: Nice International Airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-...

Airlines look past slow recovery to post-pandemic travel By Laurence Frost By Laurence Frost PARIS (Reuters) - Even as new setbacks cloud their path to recovery, airline bosses are focusing on the lasting impact of COVID-19 on premium travel, technology and other pillars of their business. Aviation leaders, forced to gather virtually by the pandemic, have been gauging its longer-term fallout at the World Aviation Festival, after more than a year of lockdowns. Drawing many top executives and thousands of participants, this week's event comes as doubts over the northern summer vacation seas...

Air France-KLM sees bigger losses before recovery

Air-France-KLM warned on Thursday of more pain to come for the Franco-Dutch airline group on renewed COVID-19 lockdowns, as the fallout from the pandemic pushed it to an annual 7.1 billion euro ($8.5 billion) net loss.