The market is still slow and the upswing we have been awaiting for so long has yet to start. The Omicron variant has taken the pandemic to yet another unexpected level of complication, and sanitary measures aimed at maintaining public health make just about every normal business activity more complicated. International travel, while possible, is still impeded and flights are canceled constantly for lack of passengers — or for lack of healthy pilots and crew members.
Fears of contamination keep many people homebound and away from public areas.
