BANGKOK: In the months leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s aviation industry was facing some of its steepest environmental and ideological challenges.
Damaging carbon emissions remained on the rise and “flight shaming”, driven by teenage activist Greta Thunberg, had travellers questioning the climate impacts of flying.
Within months, the skies have been largely emptied, on the back of an unprecedented crisis. Advertisement Advertisement The result will be a year of