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The aviation sector has faced multiple challenges this year but has shown incredible resilience
The return to service for the aviation sector has been hit by more than a little turbulence over the past 12 months, with airlines facing a perfect storm of recruitment shortages, rising fuel costs and reputational damage. Airports in particular have had a challenging time as
the world reopens. Moves to cap passenger numbers over the peak summer period were unpopular with some in the industry, but the strategy managed to successfully stem the flow of negative headlines and give agents and their customers a greater degree of certainty. There were some positive notes for the short-haul
sector, as well, with increased capacity to summer holiday hotspots such as Greece and Turkey. British Airways resumed short-haul flying from
Gatwick in March as its South Terminal reopened for the first time since the pandemic.
Jet2.com made the most of its new Bristol base with flights to Kefalonia, Rhodes, Larnaca and a new route to Malta. Wizz Air added
18 new routes from Gatwick. And Alitalia successor ITA Airways began flying from London City and Heathrow to Rome and Milan.
SPRING UPTURN UK regional airline Flybe, which collapsed in March 2020 just as the pandemic began to bite but was acquired by Thyme Opco in 2021, began flying again in April. Meanwhile, other regional carriers including Aer Lingus and Loganair continued to introduce new routes as demand increased. The UK also regained its official spot as Europe’s
biggest aviation market in April, according to European air traffic management body Eurocontrol. Passengers welcomed the relaxation of mandatory facemask rules on many flights – other than where certain destinations kept the regulations in place – with
Jet2.com and Tui dropping the requirement in March,
Airlines have faced Covid restrictions, a war zone and staff shortages in the past year
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