‘People Want to Fly Again’: Airbus CEO Expects Business Travel to Recover

‘People Want to Fly Again’: Airbus CEO Expects Business Travel to Recover
Airbus Commercial Aircraft President Guillaume Faury poses during the unveiling of an Airbus A220-300 aircraft after its landing in Colomiers near Toulouse, France, on July 10, 2018. Regis Duvignau/Reuters
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VIENNA—Airbus Chief Executive Guillaume Faury expects business air travel eventually to return to close to pre-pandemic levels and airlines are devoting the same space to business class seats as before, he said in an interview published on Sunday.

Air travel remains in crisis despite accelerating vaccine rollouts in developed countries. With video calls having replaced in-person meetings, it remains to be seen to what extent business travel will recover.