Covid-19—a few months ago, many of us might have thought the acronym stood for a new regional aircraft, under development by a wannabe manufacturer that had yet to earn its stripes, let alone set aside enough funding to develop a certifiable prototype. The speed at which this now infamous and deadly respiratory disease is already at pandemic proportions, stopping all manner of human activities and interactions, is difficult to comprehend. Exceptionally hard hit already are air travel and related industries, which are facing existential threats as flight operations are silenced and a massive number of would-be travelers stay locked behind their doors in the hoped-for relative safety of their homes.
To the extent possible, Working from Home (WFH) policies are being widely enacted to enable business continuity for people who can do at least most of their work online and out of elbow-bump contact of colleagues. Demand for virtual private networks (VPN) has spiked at the same time as Airbnb bookings for salmon river fishing expeditions in the spectacular fjord of Vopnafjörður, Iceland (IATA code: VPN) have vanished—virtually overnight.
