Airlines scramble to navigate fast-degrading travel outlook


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LONDON (BLOOMBERG) – Airlines, passengers and businesses scrambled to respond to a deluge of travel restrictions announced over the weekend to slow the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant. An initial spate of flight bans from southern Africa, where Omicron was first detected, gave way to more wide-ranging measures that will make travel more expensive and less convenient – if possible at all – recalling earlier days in the pandemic. Britain re-introduced mandatory polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for all arriving passengers and said they must self-isolate until receiving a negative result. Israel closed to all inbound foreign nationals for...