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No Europe trips for a while…

It’s no secret the travel industry has been absolutely decimated by the COVID-19 pandemic, with countless employees let go in the wake of travel bans. It doesn’t look like its going to get better for those workers (or holiday makers in general) any time soon, as chief executive of the International Air Transport Association Alexandre de Juniac thinks things won’t get back to normal till 2023.

“We have published today a new forecast about the potential recovery of the air traffic, and what we see is that things should come back to normal in 2023, which is later than our previous forecast,” he said.

I know the possibility of air travel getting back to normal within the next six months or year was virtually impossible but 2023! That’s definitely a lot further into the future than most of us were expecting.

And it’s going to be done in stages, with de Juniac saying “What we have planned is to restart the industry, first by reopening domestic markets, then regional continental markets, such as Asia-Pacific, or Europe, or North America”.

He isn’t alone, as Boeing CEO David Calhoun has also predicted a three-year-wait until things are back to normal in the skies. At the end of the day, it all comes down to when a working vaccine is found. Until then, things are looking shaky to say the least.

Pretty crazy but totally understandable. Looks like those of us who were planning on a big Europe or Asia trip in the next year or two are going to have a whole heap of extra time to save. Stay breezy Mykonos, we’ll be back for you soon…