Could the FAA Outage Hinder Business Travel's Recovery?

 The outage of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration's Notice to Air Missions system on Wednesday caused at a minimum another day of severe disruption for the aviation industry, just two weeks after a holiday winter storm triggered problems, especially for Southwest Airlines. Thousands of flights have been canceled or delayed. 

Will today's incident—the effects of which could creep into the rest of this week and upcoming holiday weekend—coupled with the recent holiday disruptions be another setback for business travel recovery? 

"As we've seen and especially recently travel disruption of any sort can have a broad and tremendous impact, not only on travellers but also on the travel companies who serve them," Global Business Travel Association CEO Suzanne Neufang said in a statement to BTN. "Business travel disruption comes with the increased risk of economic impact—both regionally and globally—when the ability to conduct business and meet with clients and teams is significantly affected."  

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