Hoping to take a European trip this summer season? It’s possible you’ll be out of luck.

Borders in a lot of Europe have been closed to most U.S. residents and vice versa for greater than a yr due to the coronavirus pandemic. Airline executives on Thursday stated they did not anticipate them to open in time for the height summer season season.

Journey trade leaders have pressed the Biden administration for a plan to reopen borders, together with requirements for well being documentation equivalent to proof of a Covid-19 vaccine.

Delta Air Strains CEO Ed Bastian stated on a quarterly name that the corporate is targeted on lifting restrictions which have hindered journey between the U.S. and U.Ok., however that different widespread vacationer locations could take longer.

The White Home did not instantly remark.

Britain this week eased its lockdown restrictions, permitting pubs, hairdressers and retail retailers to reopen. France and Italy, in the meantime, final month reinstated non permanent lockdowns to curb new Covid-19 infections, and vaccine distribution has been sluggish all through Europe.

“When you consider different components of Europe, there could also be some occasional markets open this summer season based mostly on Southern Mediterranean leisure visitors that individuals shall be focused on,” Bastian stated on the decision. “However I do not assume you are going to see continental Europe opened in any significant method until later within the yr. We’ll most likely sadly miss a lot of the summer season for many of continental Europe.”

Delta and rivals like American Airways and United Airways have stated home journey has rebounded sharply from the depths of the pandemic, however worldwide journey, nonetheless dealing with an internet of entry restrictions and a lag in vaccinations, stays weak.

Delta on Thursday stated its home passenger income dropped 66% to $2.3 billion within the first quarter in contrast with the identical interval of 2019, however trans-Atlantic income was 87% much less at $142 million whereas trans-Pacific was off 89% at $62 million.

U.S. carriers have refocused their as soon as sprawling international networks towards home locations, significantly people who supply out of doors points of interest like seashores and mountains. Airways have added service to vacationer hotspots in Florida, Wyoming and Montana. They’ve additionally seen upticks in demand to seaside locations within the Caribbean and Mexico.

American Airways on Wednesday, for instance, introduced it could carry its summer season home schedule to almost the identical ranges because it operated in 2019.

Brian Znotins, American Airways’ vp of community planning informed CNBC that demand for European summer season holidays shall be robust to generate even when borders open up within the coming season.

“Often a European trip is deliberate months upfront,” he stated. “So folks as we speak in the event that they’re trying to make a journey this summer season, which lots of people are, they do not really feel very assured about reserving a visit to Rome and so they’ll make that resort reservation in Jackson Gap or Honolulu or Cancun.

“You do not anticipate to see demand simply seem the day after a rustic opens, particularly from a leisure viewpoint,” he stated.