How TB Joshua prophesied aviation challenges in 2013

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">On 29th December 2013&comma; over six years before the arrival of COVID-19 and its attendant implications on global travel&comma; Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua revealed an impending challenge in the aviation industry that would affect both passengers and airlines&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In a video released to Emmanuel TV’s YouTube channel&comma; the cleric can be heard telling congregants of a time coming when it would not be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;business as usual” in the aviation industry&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There will be a shortage of airlines&comma; airplane shortage&comma;” he continued&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It will affect Africa so much&period; If your business is about flying from one country to another&comma; I think there will be a challenge&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The cleric forewarned of a situation where citizens could even be in the airport for several days without being able to catch a flight due to lack of availability&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">According to financial reports&comma; the coronavirus pandemic will bankrupt most airlines worldwide by the end of May unless governments and the industry take coordinated steps to intervene&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The International Air Transport Association &lpar;IATA&rpar; estimates that the industry will see its revenue shrink by 44&percnt; in 2020&comma; with African airlines set to lose over &dollar;6 billion in revenue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">South African Airways &lpar;SAA&rpar;&comma; which was already embroiled in financial difficulties before the outbreak&comma; is one of the first major airline casualties of the virus as it officially ceased operations on May 2nd 2020 after 86 years of service&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Additionally&comma; Colombian airline Avianca&comma; the world’s second oldest airline and third largest in South America&comma; has filed for bankruptcy&comma; blaming its collapse on the &&num;8220&semi;unforeseeable impact of the Covid-19 pandemic”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I heard this prophecy when it was given&comma;” commented Linda Atieno on YouTube&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I listened and started cutting my coat according to my size&period; I am in the airline Industry during this pandemic and it’s not looking good&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Even when global travel resumes&comma; it’s difficult to fathom how many airlines – particularly in Africa – will be able to cope&comma; leading to a situation described by Joshua in his prophecy where &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;demand will be more than supply”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;