Governments showing signs of Corona fatigue but will people follow
Many politicians in charge around the world are showing signs of CoVid19 fatigue. The number of previously daily press conferences are dwindling. Figures for the new infections and deaths are no longer daily. Less happens during the weekend. And the press are following suit. No longer are updates headline or given the most prominent space on the frontpages.
But is that enough to un-scare the populations of these countries. Make them believe the immediate danger is really over even though they for months have been touted that this will take years until either a vaccine is implemented or enough of us are immune. Neither of which have happened, anywhere.
And still the numbers for infected and new deaths are going up reaching ever higher daily numbers. Even in countries/states whit increasing numbers there seems to be a reluctance against new lockdowns with politicians only heeding positive results, ignoring negative and now following in many cases constructed re-infect rate numbers with no connection to reality.
Airline chiefs are not helping by insisting on "normal with a mask" even though not enough believe them. This single mindedness by the airline industry just don't convince 25-50% of the population. And without them as potential customers no preexisting airline will get back in profit with all the now unneeded material that still have to be paid for. We are talking amongst others parked planes. It makes them unsecure and unwilling to place their own money into bookings now for travel several weeks or months down the line. No new long advanced bookings = no new cash buffer.
This is not helped by the well publicised refusal of most airlines to refund in cash those passengers that had booked on flights that never took place. There the industry have a problem it needs to solve to restore financial confidence among potential customers.
The airlines also need to give firm commitments to how passengers will be treated when they travel. Commitment for what they think they book today is what they get when they will actually travel in the future. That mask usage demand won't suddenly disappear without the illness actually having been eradicated. That the empty middle seat you thought the airline was practicing have not suddenly been filled after all. There are certainly airlines that have sold tickets at inflated prices for this and that later have sold the middle seats at a sale.
Airlines need to come up with measures that they will stand by even though politicians wriggle from day to day. And then I don't mean standing fast in stubbornness and unchangeability but committing long term to the measures their airline provide and sell their tickets on the basis of.
And if you want those last 25% of our customers back and don't want to commit for a whole plane middle seat free, at least offer it as an option in a flexibly sized extra clean cabin in front of a dividing curtain.
But is that enough to un-scare the populations of these countries. Make them believe the immediate danger is really over even though they for months have been touted that this will take years until either a vaccine is implemented or enough of us are immune. Neither of which have happened, anywhere.
And still the numbers for infected and new deaths are going up reaching ever higher daily numbers. Even in countries/states whit increasing numbers there seems to be a reluctance against new lockdowns with politicians only heeding positive results, ignoring negative and now following in many cases constructed re-infect rate numbers with no connection to reality.
Airline chiefs are not helping by insisting on "normal with a mask" even though not enough believe them. This single mindedness by the airline industry just don't convince 25-50% of the population. And without them as potential customers no preexisting airline will get back in profit with all the now unneeded material that still have to be paid for. We are talking amongst others parked planes. It makes them unsecure and unwilling to place their own money into bookings now for travel several weeks or months down the line. No new long advanced bookings = no new cash buffer.
This is not helped by the well publicised refusal of most airlines to refund in cash those passengers that had booked on flights that never took place. There the industry have a problem it needs to solve to restore financial confidence among potential customers.
The airlines also need to give firm commitments to how passengers will be treated when they travel. Commitment for what they think they book today is what they get when they will actually travel in the future. That mask usage demand won't suddenly disappear without the illness actually having been eradicated. That the empty middle seat you thought the airline was practicing have not suddenly been filled after all. There are certainly airlines that have sold tickets at inflated prices for this and that later have sold the middle seats at a sale.
Airlines need to come up with measures that they will stand by even though politicians wriggle from day to day. And then I don't mean standing fast in stubbornness and unchangeability but committing long term to the measures their airline provide and sell their tickets on the basis of.
And if you want those last 25% of our customers back and don't want to commit for a whole plane middle seat free, at least offer it as an option in a flexibly sized extra clean cabin in front of a dividing curtain.
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