Philadelphia Airport and airline officials are welcoming plans by the Biden Administration to ease restrictions on European travel in early November, writes Catherine Dunn for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

 “We still are down about 30% when you look at what our numbers were in 2019,” PHL CEO Chellie Cameron said, “and the biggest reason for that is that we haven’t been able to handle trans-Atlantic service the way we were prior to the pandemic.”

The end of European travel restrictions apply to fully vaccinated travelers who also show a negative coronavirus test.

PHL, as the gateway airport to Europe for American Airlines, took a heavy hit from the restrictions.

 “We had more service out of Philadelphia International Airport to the U.K. and Europe than any other American Airlines airport in the United States, and so when those restrictions went into place, it hit us in a really, really big way,” she said.

Bringing back business travel is another part of the equation.

 “I think we’re ready for business to come back. It’s just convincing our corporate clients to get on a plane,” said Rhett Workman, American Airlines’ managing director for Europe and Asia-Pacific

Read more at The Philadelphia Inquirer about Philly airport flights to Europe coming back.

Find out more about the European travel ban being lifted in this BBC news broadcast.