Reimagination required for the future of air travel

Reimagination required for the future of air travel
David Mackenzie
It’s just over a year since covid slammed the world’s airlines. Travel restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic caused markets to evaporate, fleets to be grounded, and highly trained crews to lose their jobs. Scientific advice at the time predicted a vaccine would take years. The future looked very bleak. Fortunately, that prediction proved incorrect. The world has vaccine availability, and inoculation is well underway in some countries. The UK has vaccinated nearly all of its over-50’s with a first...

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