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Steve Witt: 'Travel is about to see the biggest comeback ever'

Opinion
Steve Witt
17 March 2022

It was on 17 March 2020 that the travel industry went into systematic meltdown as the government advised against all non-essential travel, halting the income of millions of people in the UK.

As of November, flights from the UK to the US have recovered to 92% of 2019 levels

Brits are continuing to prioritise spend on travel

It was an event no-one expected and no-one believed would ever happen. Within days, airports around the UK fell eerily silent At Bournemouth airport, next to our office, British Airways parked aircraft worth hundreds of millions of pounds, wheels chocked and engines covered, not knowing when they would fly again.