Of all the industries the coronavirus pandemic has affected, the airline industry is among those that have been hit the hardest. According to the International Air Transport Association, airlines' passenger revenue is estimated to sink by over $300 billion from 2019. In the age of social distancing, planes are not designed to keep passengers six feet apart. Still, airlines are making drastic changes to their travel policies, pushing sanitation efforts, and more to attract weary travelers back to the skies.
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Francisco Gimeno - BC Analyst A pandemic hits everything, but specially transport. Jokes apart (we have never seen planes and buses so clean!) this is a very bad situation for the sector. Airlines and all industries working around it need to radically change to survive. The same as customers agreed to change on how to travel after 9/11 now everything will change or won't work. The digital economy will help. No handling more papers or tickets, or boarding pass when everything can be held in a smart phone.