Airline industry alarm as vaccine-led recovery hopes take a dive 16 Feb, 2021 09:00 PM 6 minutes to read The coronavirus crisis shut the skies abruptly last year, bludgeoning the industry as it suffered the largest drop in flying since the second world war. Photo / AP The coronavirus crisis shut the skies abruptly last year, bludgeoning the industry as it suffered the largest drop in flying since the second world war. Photo / AP Financial Times By: Philip Georgiadis and Claire Bushey Johan Lundgren wasted no time in dashing off a letter of complaint when a UK government minister recently warned it was too early to even think about booking a summer break.