Can Covid-19 bring back dignity to airline travel?

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With the pandemic, traveller expectations and awareness have been heightened and airlines are willing to invest in safety and health. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

Will the travel industry take the Covid-19 crisis as an opportunity to clean up and change things that make travel a daunting endeavour to many?

Even before the crisis, health experts warned that aeroplanes, trains and hotels are some of the worst germ-infested public places. No wonder then that air travel became one of the best conduits for the virus.