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Covid-19 pandemic and air transportation: Summary of recent research, policy consideration and future research directions

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Sun, Xiaoqian, Wandelt, Sebastian, Zhang, Anming·2022·Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives

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The COVID-19 pandemic can be considered an unparalleled disruption to the aviation industry in the last century. Starting with an at-that-time inconceivable reduction in the number of flights from March 2020 to May 2020, the aviation industry has been trying to navigate through and out of the crisis. This process is accompanied with a significant number of scientific studies, reporting on the direct and indirect impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation and vice versa. This paper reviews the impacts in context of the recent literature. We have collected nearly 200 well-published papers on the subject in the years 2021/2022 and dissected them into a framework of eight categories, built around: airlines, airports, passengers, workforce, markets, contagion, sustainability, and economics. We highlight the essence of findings in the literature and derive a set of future research directions and policy considerations which we deem important on the way towards pandemic-resilient aviation.

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Authors
Sun, X., Wandelt, S., & Zhang, A.
Affiliations
  • Beihang University (CN)
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
Corresponding author
Wandelt, Sebastian
Venue
Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2022-12
Volume
16
Pages
100718
ISSN
2590-1982 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4308591649
Cited by
99
References
235
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 1
FWCI
31.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
National Natural Science Foundation of China (62250710166)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › General Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Aerospace Engineering › Air Traffic Management and Optimization
  • Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, airline industry, airline operations, airports, passenger behavior, aviation workforce, aviation market, sustainable aviation, aviation economics, pandemic resilience, aviation policy

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