Now that a working vaccine is being proliferated to the masses, talk of restoring normality is slowly, quietly starting to be heard in certain circles.
For the people who run Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, they quietly working on a restoration of international air service.
British Airways is starting to take reservations for a single flight leaving on March 2nd.
Nothing is permanent as yet, as a BA spokesperson, speaking to the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate on anonymity, said the situation was still fluid.
The paper reports it could be summer before Condor Airlines restores service to Europe through their New Orleans-Frankfort flights.
So far there are no efforts to reestablish flights from Montreal or Toronto, due to the very tight coronavirus restrictions in Canada.
MSY Aviation Director Kevin Dolliole said "The industry overall has been grappling with how to have any sense of real anticipation as to who's going to board their flights 90 days out in the midst of COVID. But I would guess that anything beyond 30 days out on the schedule is tentative."
Meanwhile, Stephen Perry, CEO of New Orleans & Company took a more realistic approach in his comment: "Everyone here wants BA back, but we know that is likely to be delayed depending on what happens in the COVID world.”
Perry continued, "I think airlines are just testing the waters a bit to find out what the demand looks like, as they'll have to make decisions about pulling planes out of storage.”