Airlines reboot as Covid sparks a revolution in one-day work trips

AIRLINES around the world are ripping up schedules and bringing in new flights to cope with a Covid-triggered trend in corporate travel for executives like Jerome Harris – the scrapping of one-day business trips in favour of longer stays.

For Sydney-based Harris, exhausting one-day treks to Melbourne or Brisbane – meaning four taxi rides, two flights, extended waits and the risk of delays – are no more after a pandemic-driven reassessment of his travel habits.