Flight bookings to the U.S. from the U.K. have soared as the U.S.' reopening date for U.K. travelers nears, according to data from Travelport.
Within 24 hours of the initial announcement by the Biden administration that it would be allowing fully vaccinated international travelers to enter the U.S., flight bookings from the U.K. for the Thanksgiving weekend increased by 1,600%, according to Travelport. When the Nov. 8 opening date was confirmed later in October, that increase jumped to 2,200%.
Searches for flights to the U.S. from the U.K. alone outnumbered searches from all other European countries combined, Travelport reported.
After the U.K., the most travel bookings to the U.S. have come from Germany, France, Italy and Spain. Over the past month, total flight bookings to U.S. destinations recovered to 70% of pre-Covid-19 levels, with international travel making up more than half of those bookings, according to Travelport.
Source: Business Travel News