- June 1, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
Fresh signs are emerging that business travelers won’t be grounded much longer.
Some companies that learned to do without travel during the coronavirus pandemic said they are ready to get back on the road instead of defaulting to virtual meetings and conferences, while others are trying to determine which business trips are still needed.
Alison Taylor, chief customer officer at American Airlines Group Inc., said 47 of the airline’s 50 largest corporate accounts have said they plan to resume traveling this year.
“They’re getting their office opened, feeling comfortable with that as the first steps, and then travel comes after that,” she said.
Corporate trips remain 70% or more below pre-pandemic levels, according to airlines, which rely heavily on business travel for a huge share of their revenue. But carriers including American and United Airlines Holdings Inc. said the pace of business travel…
