Air travel could resume next month in France and this summer in Europe, said Saturday Alexandre de Juniac, director general of Iata, the International Air Transport Association, which represents some 280 companies around the world.
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" We have prepared for the whole world but for Europe and in particular France a plan to restart the industry (...) in three phases: first the domestic markets at the end of the second quarter, it that is to say in June. Then in the third quarter, starting in July, we would like to reopen the continental markets, that is to say Europe, North America or Asia-Pacific. And then in the fourth quarter, the intercontinental, ”detailed Alexandre de Juniac on France Inter.
" So normally, if we are followed by the governments with whom we are discussing and who, moreover, have a fairly open attitude on this issue, we should be able to travel to France from June and to Europe in July-August, with traffic reduced, a more limited number of destinations, but finally we will be able to fly, ”added the former CEO of Air France-KLM.