Inflation and cost-of-living concerns easing for airlines, IATA boss says

With international travel at about 85% of the level seen before the coronavirus lockdowns and border closures, some in the airline industry could be forgiven for worrying that inflation pressures could stop consumers from making up that last 15%. But Willie Walsh, the director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA),  believes that with Asia re-opening and domestic travel worldwide “effectively back to where it was”, it is but a matter of time before those pre-Covid heights are hit. “We’re confident, still a way to go to get back to where we were in 2019”, said Walsh, speaking to