Iata’s new Middle East And Africa chief fears more pandemic-induced airline bankruptcies this year

Iata’s new Middle East And Africa chief fears more pandemic-induced airline bankruptcies this year

Airlines in the Middle East and Africa "without a doubt" face a threat of pandemic-induced bankruptcies this year in the absence of timely support, according to the International Air Transport Association (Iata)'s new regional chief.

The aviation industry's main lobby group is talking to authorities across the region to "highlight the dangers" of insufficient support for national carriers, Kamil Al-Awadhi, Iata' s regional vice president for Africa and Middle East, said in an interview.

"If you lost, let's say, two airlines last year, then you're going to lose a couple more this year, so it's going to get worse than the start of