About 78 percent of U.S. travelers intend to travel for leisure, according to results from a new survey from Cirium, the aviation analytics company. Of those who travel for business, 67 percent indicate their employer will permit travel in the next three to six months. Some 40 percent of respondents who intend to return to the skies plan to fly this summer. However, only a small minority had plans to travel by air for major holidays, such as the July 4th weekend (16 percent) and Labor Day weekend (17 percent).
Cirium interviewed 2,140 adults across the United States.
A strong majority of U.S. travelers (90 percent) intend to fly at some point in the future, and 64 percent are planning to fly within the next 12 months.
More than three-quarters (78 percent) of those with plans to travel this year are only planning for domestic trips. Only 22 percent expect to fly internationally in 2021. The survey also reveals that over one-quarter of respondents repor
