The virus will make everything you hate about flying worseAn arriving passenger registers for a coronavirus test at Narita Airport in Narita, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday. Global air traffic is projected to decline by at least half in 2020. The financial consequences for large carriers and their employees will be wrenching - and those passengers who do start flying again will have to bear the costs. Everything is relative in ticket pricing, however; in the post-pandemic era of flying, tickets may only look cheap. Nearly three-quarters of the world’s air traffic touches down in either North America, the European Union or China.

Source: Bangkok Post July 20, 2020 03:22 UTC