An Inside Look at How Badly the Pandemic Hit Clear at the Start of 2020

The coronavirus pandemic momentarily halved Clear’s revenue at some airports

Dave Gershgorn
OneZero
Published in
4 min readOct 14, 2020

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The near-total shutdown of air travel during the coronavirus pandemic could have been an existential crisis for Clear, a company best known for ferrying travelers to the front of the airport security line.

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Dave Gershgorn
OneZero

Senior Writer at OneZero covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: Qz, PopSci, and NYTimes.