Airlines bullish on recovery

In a webinar yesterday, hosted by CarTrawler, airline chief executives were confident for the robust recovery of air travel, especially business travel, which with international long-haul travel has lagged behind the recovery in domestic air travel. “By far the biggest and most impactful question being debated is the question about business travel returning,” said United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby. “Put me firmly in the camp it is going to return in full.” Kirby predicts that business executives will travel more when the pandemic ends than before, since Zoom calls cannot replace developing business relationships in person. “There is no substitute