To quote Homer Simpson “people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that”
Of course we all want to see intl and domestic numbers bounce back but these are some damn bold a$$ predictions to be making right now and A LOT needs to change for it to have any chance of coming remotely true. Can’t speak for anyone else but the domestic terminals I’ve been in are virtually ghost towns and loads to match, there is next to no confidence or desire to travel by most Aussies and who can blame them.
Further, we don’t have any data yet to even give the slightest indication of possible international travel numbers given the border is closed to all but Australian citizens and residents. Do we even know tourists of any significant number want to travel down under in the near future? The damage done to Australia’s reputation by constant and ever changing border closures/restrictions at short notice will take some time to be undone.
Point being, maybe it will all be sunshine and rainbows coming up…but it probably won’t. Unless state premiers are giving away secret info to Alan about their plans to drop all testing/mask/isolation/other requirements to enter I personally am still expecting to see all demand very heavily suppressed for quite some time yet. The effects of COVID, trust in the system and fear associated with the virus ain’t gonna vanish that fast, folks!