Scare Tactics? Airlines say World has Overreacted to the Omicron Variant

“We can’t shut down everything when a new variant appears,” IATA’s Willie Walsh told a news briefing, adding hasty travel bans had penalised countries like South Africa for reporting findings. However, Walsh predicted the latest health emergency brought on by Omicron would be “short-lived” and that it would not impact the International Air Transport Association’s projections that air travel would recover to pre-pandemic levels by 2024.

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