SMALLER THE BETTER

It is clear that the philosophy of Smaller the Better is perhaps the most viable option for airlines to improve the economy of operations and hence ensure better economic performance of the airlines

- AIR MARSHAL B.K. PANDEY (RETD)

THE CORONAVIRUS EPIDEMIC THAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE originated from the city of Wuhan in the Hubei Province of China in December 2019, spread rapidly across the globe affecting more than 200 countries across the globe. In fact, in early March this year, the focal point of the Coronavirus epidemic that is also referred to as COVID-19 Pandemic, shifted from China to Europe, with Italy being the worst affected nation in the world. Other nations in Europe including the United Kingdom (UK) were also badly affected. In the following month i.e. in April 2020, it was the United States of America (USA) that had also fallen prey to the COVID-19 Pandemic, took the lead with more than 40 million people, which is about 25 per cent of the population, being infected by the virus. What was more tragic was that by this time, there were more than 1.1 million fatalities in the USA. This was a clear indication that by this time, the focus of the COVID-19 Pandemic had definitely shifted from Europe to the American continent.