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From page 1... ... Laurie Garrow, the co-director of the Center for Urban and Regional Air Mobility at Georgia Institute of Technology, highlighted that air travel essentially fell off a cliff, "Never before have we seen such a drop in air demand that has lasted or been sustained at low levels for so long," she said. In the past the airline industry has had to scale back operations in response to such things as volcanoes, hurricanes, or the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but in these instances the reduction in flights were not as significant as the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the entire page →
From page 2... ... airline industry has not had any bankruptcies, in large part because of government support, in other places such as Latin America, where the governments have not been providing support, there have been numerous airlines declaring bankruptcy. It is not just large airlines such as Delta and American that have been hit hard by the pandemic, observed, Nobuyo Reinsch, the vice president of Aviation Safety and Security at the Regional Airline Association. Read the entire page →
From page 3... ... International air travel was more uniformly affected across regions, however Europe did experience a significant increase in international travel during the summer months when COVID-19 seemed under control prompting many Europeans to travel for summer holidays. International travel originating from European countries decreased once again, though, as the second COVID wave manifested. Read the entire page →
From page 4... ... Therefore, the workshop included international experts from a broad range of areas, including airlines, airports, and original equipment manufacturers, such as Boeing and Airbus, representatives of airline industry professional organizations and individuals from multiple academic specialties. The goal of the workshop was to initiate a cross-cutting dialogue between the multiple stakeholders in the aviation industry with public health researchers and organizations; a dialogue that would hopefully spur research resulting in carefully constructed, scientifically peer-reviewed papers addressing the critical issues identified. Read the entire page →

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... Laurie Garrow, the co-director of the Center for Urban and Regional Air Mobility at Georgia Institute of Technology, highlighted that air travel essentially fell off a cliff, "Never before have we seen such a drop in air demand that has lasted or been sustained at low levels for so long," she said. In the past the airline industry has had to scale back operations in response to such things as volcanoes, hurricanes, or the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but in these instances the reduction in flights were not as significant as the impact caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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... airline industry has not had any bankruptcies, in large part because of government support, in other places such as Latin America, where the governments have not been providing support, there have been numerous airlines declaring bankruptcy. It is not just large airlines such as Delta and American that have been hit hard by the pandemic, observed, Nobuyo Reinsch, the vice president of Aviation Safety and Security at the Regional Airline Association.

Read the entire page →

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... International air travel was more uniformly affected across regions, however Europe did experience a significant increase in international travel during the summer months when COVID-19 seemed under control prompting many Europeans to travel for summer holidays. International travel originating from European countries decreased once again, though, as the second COVID wave manifested.

Read the entire page →

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... Therefore, the workshop included international experts from a broad range of areas, including airlines, airports, and original equipment manufacturers, such as Boeing and Airbus, representatives of airline industry professional organizations and individuals from multiple academic specialties. The goal of the workshop was to initiate a cross-cutting dialogue between the multiple stakeholders in the aviation industry with public health researchers and organizations; a dialogue that would hopefully spur research resulting in carefully constructed, scientifically peer-reviewed papers addressing the critical issues identified.

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1 Introduction Pages 1-4

1 Introduction
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