A passenger wearing a protective face mask walks past a flight display board at Tegel Airport in Berlin on Oct. 14, 2020.Harriet Baskas
The USTA said it applauds “President-elect Biden’s objective of helping the industries most heavily impacted by the pandemic," adding that the travel industry currently accounts for more than one-third of job losses since March. Michelle Duffy, an IT professional in the San Francisco Bay Area, said she is confident enough about the future to buy a plane ticket for international travel. “Once it looked like Biden would be successful, we booked San Francisco to Dublin flights for my sister’s wedding in April 2021,” Duffy said. “My husband and I are both Irish, and most of our families are in Ireland. We haven’t seen them in person all year.
Just in time that the Biden camp is talking about a national 6 week forced shut down... lol.