The cost to convert a building into a restaurant is mind boggling. Then cutting the number of patrons in half will make eating out very expensive. Add in extra cleaning and cook books may be a good investment.
If the food is good enough a cook it yourself take out could add financial productivity to the kitchen. This is where open minded thinkers will survive and maybe even grow. The open-the-doors-and-they-will-come types will not do well.
Businesses that want to survive have to get rid of the shove it down their throats attitudes and start thinking how do we make people comfortable with getting on an airplane.
Let's say a person was considering a trip to BC with present fares starting at $800.00
Would you pay double for an extra empty seat next to you?
What if they put a cough curtain around your group of seats and the price was triple?
Would there be a market for sleeper cabins at $??? for those with deep pockets but not deep enough for their own jet?
What's the charter cost for a business jet trip to BC? Divide by the number of safe passengers.
Edit: Eight passenger jet, six hour trip to BC @ $3000 per hour = $2250 to get you there, based on 8 passengers. I don't know if the return to the fixed base gets added doubling the get there part. Return could be the same. Could top out at $10,000 per person. A tough sell for most and substantially higher if there are fewer passengers.
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