Passenger traffic on U.S. airlines has dropped again to levels not seen in a couple decades, but CEO Ed Bastian of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines thinks there will be a summer surge, at least within the United States.
Like many others in the airline industry, Bastian favors testing international travelers for COVID-19, which he sees as a way to remove other border restrictions, but he is dead-set against testing people before domestic flights, fearing it will cause another disastrous drop in leisure travel.
On the pandemic, Bastian expects a stronger federal response under new President Joe Biden that will help the travel industry.
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