Motorhome and Caravan Holidays set to boom after Air Travel report
Motorhome and Caravan Holidays set to boom after Air Travel report
Air passengers could face four-hour waits to board planes, inflated ticket prices and a dramatically reduced schedule in the future, analysts have said.
The flight experience would be ‘very uncomfortable’ after lockdown with pre-pandemic levels of service unlikely for up to five years, they predicted.
It is widely expected that some form of health screening will be demanded before and after passengers fly to prevent a second wave of the virus.
One expert said that four-hour waits before departures could be expected, up from one or two now, as medical tests were added to the normal pre-flight ritual of check-in, security, passport control and boarding.
It is also likely that social distancing will be maintained on aircraft, with warnings that as few as 20 per cent of seats may be filled to keep passengers at least two metres apart.
Another analyst said that budget airlines typically had to fill at least 80 per cent of seats to break even, so passengers could expect a big increase in prices. Unprofitable routes will be abolished……
From a report in The Times 30th April 2020