Up in the air

摘要

THE CORONAVIRUS laid many of Boeing's airline customers low-literally, for many have suspended flights. Fears about the giant's fate, already uncertain because of the year-long grounding of its best-selling 737 max jet after two fatal crashes, became so rife that last month Goldman Sachs, a bank, felt compelled to stress that it "will remain a going concern". The company itself insists likewise. It is probably right-the question is not whether it will survive but how.