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Aviation sector hit hard by Covid-19, but recovery may not be far away

Experts believe nimbler carriers will survive the pandemic's carnage

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The year gone by has forced all airlines to turn the lens sharply on their own costs, workings and internal dynamics, opening their eyes to their vulnerabilities

Anjuli Bhargava New Delhi
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again

The words of this nursery rhyme perhaps best describe the current predicament of the Indian aviation sector. The year 2020 has pulled the carpet from under the industry’s feet, and air travel, and even the passenger, may never be the same again, requiring the industry to reinvent itself from scratch. How individual players and stakeholders fare will be known only later, but certain discernible good, bad and ugly facts and trends have emerged as we say goodbye to