Collecting local views on the post-Covid future of flying By Bristol24/7, Wednesday Mar 17, 2021 As we prepare for the lifting of the great lockdown, many of our thoughts are turning to our next holiday. After a year in our homes, more and more peoples are planning trips – both within the UK and beyond. A new study from the University of Bristol has released a survey to collect data from across Bristol to understand how local people will fly in the future – and whether the impacts of Covid-19 have influenced our behaviour. As departure halls emptied and planes remained on runways last year, passenger numbers dropped by over 90%. Many environmentalists became filled with the hope that we would fly less. With the aviation sector estimated to be responsible for 2% of global, human-caused CO2 emissions per year, this represented a great opportunity to fight climate change.