For those who have been feeling cooped up, you can now rejoice. The director of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Mr Alexandre de Juniac, said that personal and leisure travel will return in the second half of this year. IATA is already working with countries to design and plan protocols and processes to ensure they can reopen borders soon. However, he cautions that it is still early days and that the actual volume of travel by year-end will still be low compared to pre-pandemic days. Business travel will recover even more slowly as companies have learnt to cope by using videoconferencing tools and remote communications to replace flying. Nonetheless, local companies such as Singapore Airlines Limited (SGX: C6L) and SATS Ltd (SGX: S58) should welcome this news as a sign that recovery is underway. Separately, Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung has maintained that the Hong Kong-Singapore air travel bubble,...