As Europe Opens to Visitors, Airlines Race to Add New Trans-Atlantic Flights

Airlines are racing to add new trans-Atlantic flights as countries in Europe, many of which are tourist-reliant, begin to open up once again. The EU recently recommended adding the U.S. to the list of safe origin countries this summer. Now, airlines such as Delta and American are adding to their schedules to Spain, Portugal, and Italy. In a pre-pandemic era, airlines often announced new international flights a year in advance, but during COVID-19, that method no longer works. “Those timelines have all been compressed. People weren’t booking eight and 12 months in advance. They were booking two to three months in advance,” said Brian Znotins, American Airlines’ vice president of network and schedule planning.

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