Emirates sees travel picking up in summer as markets reopen – MENAFN.COM

Emirates sees travel picking up in summer as markets reopen – MENAFN.COM

Air traffic will pick up during the summer as more countries will open up their doors closed due to Covid-19 pandemic, said Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority, Chiarman of Emirates airline and Chief Executive of Emirates Group. ''Markets will open in the next next months from now and the summer traffic is really coming up firmly. I am optimistic about the summer. People who haven't been out of their locations for a year and half, want to travel now," Sheikh Ahmed said on the sidelines of Arabian Travel Market 2021 on Monday. ''If the countries are opening up, we will see a faster rebound in terms of traffic. We have seen that to the UK, Russia, Maldives and Seychelles corridors when they reopened," he added. ''We have to remain optimistic. When the markets open, traffic will come and we will see this in the next six months. But we'll not reach pre-pandemic numbers in the next six months as it will take much longer," Sheikh Ahmed told media during the briefing. He said 2020-21 fiscal year has been tough for all the airlines of Emirates size due to lockdowns and people not