How can airlines recover from the coronavirus-hangover?

However, airlines will have to look past the pandemic and start planning for the next era of air travel - one that involves enticing people to fly instead of flying itself being the enticing part.

One of the most important demands, probably even the foremost, is the need for more leg space on flights; an area that has been shrinking since the 80s will need to be rethought to attract more people.

The theme is simple - airlines need to make the journey a lot more comfortable, softer cushions, better seats, a roomier bathroom, better food (hopefully cheaper, too); fewer seats might not be all that bad, as evidenced by the pandemic.

Most people’s gripe with flying is the limited luggage, with the pandemic freezing a lot of job offers and moving plans, people will need a little extra room for when the country reopens, and it will only mean more business for airlines if they let people carry more.