Rebound in US domestic air travel leading global recovery Uncertainty about vaccine ‘passports’ hanging over outlook Jet demand seen recovering almost 600,000 b/d in June Global air travel continues to recover from 2020 lows but large regional differences remain and uncertainties over vaccine ‘passports’ mean the hard-hit sector is set for a slow and bumpy return to normality. Commercial flights, a key proxy for jet fuel demand, recovered to average 68,255 in the week to April 12, according to tracking data from RadarBox.com, the highest since late March 2020 when the first wave of global lockdowns slammed international travel. Although now at its highest mark since the start of the pandemic, global air travel is still less than two-thirds of comparable 2019 levels and a full recovery is some way off. In the US, the world’s […]