"The slow restoration of flights will begin in the first quarter of 2021 and by the summer, I think, will reach 70-80% of the previous normal volumes," RIA Novosti quoted Jacobsen as saying.

In his opinion, the usual way of life will return only partially, for example, traveling on holidays.

Earlier, Steve Jacobsen said that the coronavirus pandemic will end in the second quarter of 2021, and the global economy will return to normal within a year.