An exclusive one-on-one with Chief Economist Brian Pearce as IATA releases its 2021 forecast for global airline financial and traffic stats. Nothing could have prepared the air transport industry or those who monitor its financial health for the crippling effect of the pandemic. A year ago, IATA was forecasting another profitable, traffic growth year for airlines worldwide in 2020. Pearce has been tracking and analyzing the effects of the COVID-19 virus on a daily basis through the year and will share his data and thoughts on how that will play out through 2021, globally and region by region. | 
