Flight bookings are finally bouncing back to pre-pandemic levels, providing some much-needed good news for airline companies that have struggled to survive two years of demand destruction. A recent report from the Mastercard Economics Institute found that business flight bookings were already above 2019 levels and leisure travel in April soared 25% above 2019 levels. Rising fuel demand and inflation are both causing the cost of flights to increase, a trend that could still disrupt the recovery of the airline industry. Flights are rising back to pre-pandemic levels, with trips expected to increase dramatically this summer. Both leisure and business travel appear more popular as Covid restrictions ease worldwide and people resume their regular activities. Although steadily increasing fuel prices could dampen some travelers’ spirits as flight prices look set to go up. For the first time following the pandemic, business flight bookings have reached 2019 levels, according to […]