INVESTIGATION – The air carrier sees its end of the year darkened by the arrival of the Omicron variant.
Air France is there. At the end of October, the company had promised to continue its recovery and ensure in the fourth quarter of 2021 70% to 75% of its activity for 2019. Today, it is at 75% of this level. The proof that it is playing with the Omicron variant? Obviously no. Travel restrictions in several countries (United Kingdom, Netherlands, Morocco, etc.) and obstacles to social life in others (Germany, Denmark, Ireland, etc.) inevitably weigh on its activity.
“We have reservations cancellations on a limited number of destinations such as the United Kingdom, explains one at the national carrier. But compared to our overall activity, it is not a massive phenomenon. ” In fact, the problem mainly concerns the purchase of tickets for the next few weeks. “There is a wait-and-see policy on reservations”, we add at Air France. A modest way of saying that they are on the decline.
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