Air travel has been one of the hardest-hit industries as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The airline industry have never before withnessed a shock of this magnitude affecting the entire world for what looks as if it will be a very long time. Aviation Rountable blog takes a look at the critical issues. Will the airline industry be able to handle this predicament? What role will and should the governments play? And, when all this is over, what will have changed for good? Almost as soon as news of the virus became widespread in late-January, travel demand to Asia from the rest of the world plummeted. Even before the containment was adopted across the globe, airlines began to drastically cut flights to China, and other locations in Asia as coronavirus-related anxieties and travel apathy led passengers to avoid travel to the region. Within weeks, however, it became apparent that flights to Asia were not the only routes to see lower demand. As the virus spread to Europe, followed