The Virus Will Make Everything You Hate About Flying Worse
The airline industry faces a wrenching future. Passengers will pay the price.
Turbulence ahead.
Photographer: ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, Bloomberg Opinion will be running a series of features by our columnists that consider the long-term consequences of the crisis. This column is part of a package on the future of transportation. For more, see Lionel Laurent on how public transportation can spark urban recovery and Therese Raphael on saving the London Underground.
Last month, my wife and I planned our first holiday in six months. It was a hectic experience. Borders between most Australian states had been closed since the start of the coronavirus lockdown. We’d been hoping to fly three hours to the tropical resort town of Cairns in northeastern Queensland state, to escape the Sydney winter and holiday with friends.