COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Successfully navigating the paper hurricane

Xiaoqian Sun; Sebastian Wandelt; Changhong Zheng; Anming Zhang

doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2021.102062

COVID-19 pandemic and air transportation: Successfully navigating the paper hurricane

J Air Transp Manag. 2021 Jul:94:102062. doi: 10.1016/j.jairtraman.2021.102062. Epub 2021 Apr 14.

Authors

Xiaoqian Sun^{1

2}, Sebastian Wandelt^{1

2}, Changhong Zheng¹, Anming Zhang³

Affiliations

¹ National Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM, School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Beihang University, 100191, Beijing, China.
² National Engineering Laboratory of Multi-Modal Transportation Big Data, 100191, Beijing, China.
³ Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze and understand the impact of the corona virus disease (COVID-19) on aviation and also the role aviation played in the spread of COVID-19, by reviewing the recent scientific literature. We have collected 110 papers on the subject published in the year 2020 and grouped them according to their major application domain, leading to the following categories: Analysis of the global air transportation system during COVID-19, the impacts on the passenger-centric flight experience, and the long-term impacts on broad aviation. Based on the aggregated reported findings in the literature, this paper concludes with a set of recommendations for future scientific directions; hopefully helping aviation to prepare for a post-COVID-19 world.

Keywords: Air transportation; COVID-19; Literature review; Pandemics.