Middle East aviation ready to soar again post-pandemic 

A tourist on Jumeirah beach in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Picture by Christopher Pike/Bloomberg

Alan O’Mahony

It’s no secret that the aviation industry is among the hardest hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, with severe restrictions on travel and closed borders resulting in massive falls in passenger volumes globally.

Airports around the world have had their resilience tested to the limit as they faced the initial paralysis of the skies, followed by the ongoing waves of the pandemic.