Iata’s Muhammad Albakri on Middle East airlines and how we will risk losing them

How will we fly again? That is the question as the UAE and other countries in the Middle East grapple with loosening Covid-19 related travel restrictions. Airlines have been in survival mode these past few months. Now they must take to the skies again… This week, Mustafa Alrawi and Kelsey Warner talk to Muhammad Albakri, VP Africa & Middle East at the International Air Transport Association, about the future of flying. In this episode: Muhammad Albakri on the future of air travel (0m 43s) Will air travel be affordable again? (12m 26s) Headlines (23m 23s) Read more on our website: • Global airlines body outlines alternatives to quarantine • Global long-haul air travel unlikely to recover to pre-crisis levels before 2023 • Iata's interactive travel map shows which countries are open and where flights are operating • Chesapeake files for bankruptcy as collapse in energy prices bites • A merged NCB-Samba bank would be Saudi Arabia's biggest lender 'by some way', says EFG Hermes • Mark Zuckerberg's wealth plunges by $7bn as companies boycott Facebook ads • Here is the growing list of companies boycotting Facebook