ForwardKeys, which monitors flight sales data, found bookings from London airports peaked at 60% above 2019 levels in mid-April this year but have declined since, with a sharp downturn from the last week of May as images of airport queues became more frequent. Flight sales for departures from London’s airports to Europe in the week to 10 July were down 41% on the same period in 2019.
Olivier Ponti, ForwardKeys’ vice-president insights, said: “At the end of May, it seemed we would…