Unfortunately the change is permanent. We don’t know where it will end up, but we ain’t going back to 4000 pax cruise ships rocking into Venice or long weekends in Bali. or A380 dumping pax in Dubai for onwards connections.
To pine for What it is tempting to call “the good old days” is a waste of time We need to engage with what people want and try and deliver.
As a potential passenger, My gut feel is I can’t afford another business class ticket to be dumped at a hub in Frankfurt, LHR, etc., then dick around getting domestic flights. What might work is direct flights to destinations close to where I want to go - much more targeted and specific. However I’m dreaming. I probably won’t see Venice, Amalfi, Split, Sardinia ever again.