The German travel giant has taken 2.8 million bookings for summer 2021 so far, which is around 56% of the bookings it had taken at the same time two years ago for summer 2019.
Summer 2021 capacity has been fixed at around 80% of 2019 levels, with quarantine and other travel requirements driving customers to book at ever-shorter notice "as expected".
"Demand for summer holidays is good," said the operator on Tuesday (9 February), despite reporting Q1 (three months to 31 December) revenue down 87.8% from €3.85 billion to €468 million.
"As was already the case last summer and autumn, customers are booking at shorter notice and thus later in the year."
