Everyone will have their own opinion, and I accept that, however I feel there’s a few pessimists around.

I am not delusional, we aren’t all going to be flying like 2019 by the end of the year, it will take time. However, no economy can afford to stop travel until 2021/2022. Tourists, business clients or those visiting family will start to travel again once we slowly get back to normal (normal being when all other outlets and services are open).

BA will, by the end of the year, start to fill planes again, not on full schedules and not with 95% load factors but with enough to make some money. Lounges will start to open, as really they aren’t that different to restaurants/cafes, and restaurants aren’t going to stay closed until 2021. The industry and fundamentals of travelling will be different, much like it adapted after 9/11, routes will be dropped and a thinner airline will emerge and hygiene will be more important, but people will fly.

I’ve read Walsh’s comments after 9/11 and the 2008 crisis and he said how business travel would shrink and everyone predicted it wouldn’t come back - but it did! Everyone will probably have fewer holidays due to financial woes, but they will still have some, and over the years this will recover too. BA will likely limp for a few years, go back to their bread and butter routes, and then start to expand again in 4/5 years when this is a distant memory.

I am also at university and for me I don’t see any difference between getting on a plane, and sitting in a lecture with people from all countries and backgrounds. They aren’t that different. Of course I don’t want to get sick, and will probably be cautious at first (watching how the first travellers fare), but I would have no problem booking a holiday for 2021 (the only reason I haven’t is that I know BA’s schedules will change a lot).