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Welcome (back) to the working week.
I am thankful to have had the ability to have taken a week’s annual leave given the constraints on getting out of the house this year. The question for those working in the travel, tourism and hospitality sectors is whether that process is going to be made any easier, and quickly enough, to avoid long-term scarring. This week, we might get a little insight into that.
First, there are the airlines. It is not a good time to be in the industry, as Qantas Airways and Air New Zealand will no doubt reveal when they report quarterly and full-year earnings respectively. The future also looks none too bright either given concerns about climate…