Dubai Airports Chief Sees ‘Hockey Stick’ Recovery After Vaccine - Bloomberg:
The head of the world’s busiest international air hub is confident that passengers will return to the skies in droves once they believe it’s safe. He’s just not sure when that will occur.
Activity has slowed to a trickle at Dubai International airport, which handled some 86.4 million passengers last year. Dubai Airports Chief Executive Officer Paul Griffiths said he expects a hockey stick-like resumption in traffic driven by pent-up demand, but only after there’s a lasting solution to the coronavirus pandemic that’s hammered air travel across the globe.
“Until there is the sort of proven level of confidence medically that people can safely travel without fear of contracting or spreading the virus, unfortunately the situation we find ourselves in will likely continue for some time,” Griffiths said in an interview. “Gradually we’ll start to see some confidence build,” he said, starting with countries that have gotten the spread of the virus under control.
The head of the world’s busiest international air hub is confident that passengers will return to the skies in droves once they believe it’s safe. He’s just not sure when that will occur.
Activity has slowed to a trickle at Dubai International airport, which handled some 86.4 million passengers last year. Dubai Airports Chief Executive Officer Paul Griffiths said he expects a hockey stick-like resumption in traffic driven by pent-up demand, but only after there’s a lasting solution to the coronavirus pandemic that’s hammered air travel across the globe.
“Until there is the sort of proven level of confidence medically that people can safely travel without fear of contracting or spreading the virus, unfortunately the situation we find ourselves in will likely continue for some time,” Griffiths said in an interview. “Gradually we’ll start to see some confidence build,” he said, starting with countries that have gotten the spread of the virus under control.
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