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Old Apr 22, 2020, 8:34 pm
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nerdbirdsjc
 
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
There's still a lot of business travel that cannot be done as effectively via zoom, etc.
Perhaps, though a key barrier to the resumption of business travel is the inability to obtain insurance against COVID-19 liability at any price. Even if/as that becomes less of an issue, I do think some sizable percentage of business travel is simply gone for good. Even a "permanent" 20% drop in business travel would prove an Earth-shattering event for legacy carriers in the USA and globally, and I think that number is on the lower end of what ultimately shakes out as the new normal.
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