This file photo dated June 23, 2021 shows Qantas Airways aircraft on the tarmac at Sydney Airport in Sydney. - Bloomberg
HONG KONG (China Daily/Agencies) The Delta variant of Covid-19 is scything through aviation just as key markets were getting back on their feet.
In the US, Southwest Airlines Co is blaming the Delta strain for a rash of cancelled bookings and a slowdown in demand that may push it and several others to quarterly losses. Australia’s carriers are also in reverse with more than half of the country in lockdown.
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