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T<\/span>he worldwide unrest caused by the COVID-19 virus has sent shockwaves around the globe \u2013 a rippling, and at this point, ongoing, transformation of the status quo in personal and professional routines.<\/p>\n

In doing so, it has forced upon us numerous experiments that may have long-term impacts, potentially most profoundly on the travel industry.<\/p>\n

In every corner of the world, companies and individuals are figuring out how to maintain workflow in the absence of face-to-face interactions. Cities and countries are discovering the benefits of a drastic reduction in industrial activity, auto emissions, flights and tourism on air quality<\/a>. And companies are wrestling with how to cut costs as anticipated revenue disappears.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Shashank Nigam, founder and CEO of aviation marketing consulting firm SimpliFlying<\/a>, posed a simple question on LinkedIn<\/a>: Did we NEED to fly so much after all?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a question Nigam says he is struggling with as he sits under lockdown in Mumbai, staying with family until the situation eases and he can return to his home of Toronto. For the past decade, Nigam says he has made about 55 to 75 flights every year, clocking 200,000 to 300,000 kilometers annually.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of us in the developed world are used to flying at the drop of a hat. When a client asks us to, or for a holiday. It\u2019s so affordable to fly; it\u2019s so common to fly. You just don\u2019t question it at all,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

But the coronavirus has given Nigam time to question it.<\/p>\n

This is an excerpt from an article by Mitra Sorrells, originally published on PhocusWire.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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