Airlines See Grounds for Optimism Over Long-Haul Rebound
- U.K. eases curbs on entry from high-volume India, UAE
- Lufthansa sees North American links restored by late summer
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After 18 months of gloom over prospects for long-distance flights, airlines are finally striking a more optimistic tone about some of the world’s most lucrative travel markets.
The partial reopening of key routes across the North Atlantic and vital transfer hubs in the Middle East is stirring predictions that inter-continental journeys are on their way back from the devastating slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.