At the airport of Tarbes in France, row upon row of empty jets in liveries from Asia to Africa sit nose to tail on the tarmac, waiting out the coronavirus crisis in the foothills of the Pyrenees.
Air travel has tumbled to a fraction of normal levels due to the Covid-19 pandemic, grounding about two thirds of the world’s fleet and stretching Europe’s largest aircraft storage company.
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