The head of Virgin Atlantic said he expected flights on its important transatlantic routes to be 60 to 70 per cent full in the weeks running up to Christmas.
Shai Weiss said he does not expect COVID to force those borders to close again.
Mr. Weiss told the Airlines UK conference that the airline still did not have great visibility on bookings more than three to six months out, but he expects the UK to US route to drive the recovery as large parts of Asia remained highly restricted.