Hong Kong, April 13 -- Any fight for survival needs a champion. While individual airlines are mounting their own assaults against COVID-19, on the global stage the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is leading the charge. Associate editor and chief correspondent, Tom Ballantyne, spoke exclusively to the association's director general, Alexandre de Juniac, about his views on the outcome of the pandemic crisis.

Usually interviews are conducted face-to-face. Not this time, for obvious reasons. Because of the global COVID-19 virus and lockdowns on travel, the International Air Transport Association's Alexandre de Juniac last month explained the airline body's trajectory for recovery from one side of the world in Geneva, Switzerland...