>> Surely this and BA must be the nail in the coffin for a second
>> runway at Gatwick and maybe questions the third at Heathrow?
Meh, not so sure.
Take out, for one moment, the financial state of the airlines which is for the large part a result of historical actions and consider the question of demand.
Nobody has been flying empty airlines and they only wanted to fly more planes because there were more people who wanted carrying so there was surplus demand.
Will that demand decrease?
I don't see why recreational travel will decrease. Though if there is a substantial decrease in disposable income that could push a change from long haul recreation to short haul recreation.
Will business travel decrease?
Some, I should think. Less senior people are going to struggle more to get authorisation to travel I expect, but probably only in the short term. But more senior people may well travel more rather than less. Lots of businesses and industries are going to take significant re-engineering and that means a lot of business and consulting travel.
In any case, these are all likely to be short term effect, medium term at worst. Investing in a runway is a long term bet.
The world was the way the people wanted it. I don't think people have changed. The world will return to the way it was. In time, but probably less time than people may think.
If 7million old and vulnerable people died, which won't happen, that'd be 0.1%. Sadly that just won't matter to the world as a whole, though obviously it matters to individuals very much.
Last edited by: No FM2R on Tue 5 May 20 at 17:12
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