SEATTLE: The United States' decision to lift restrictions on incoming travelers vaccinated against Covid-19 was met with a sigh of a relief by the global airline sector, which has been dealt a body blow by the pandemic.

With transatlantic flights traditionally among the most lucrative for Europe's biggest airlines, the Monday announcement was "formidable news" for a sector that has hemorrhaged tens of billions of euros over the past 18 months, Air France-KLM chief Benjamin Smith told Agence France-Presse.

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