Desk Review of Impact of Coronavirus on the Aviation Sector in the United States

Abstract

Desk review in this context is an assessment of global pandemic event of COVID-19 and Omicron specifically as it concerns United States of America. The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of COVID-19 on aviation sector of United States. This is with a view to assess pattern of passengers’ movement and employees’ employment status after the pandemic in the United States’ air transport industry. Downloaded research articles and data from Bureau of Transportation Statistics - United States Department of Transportation were analyzed with descriptive statistics of tables, graphs and histogram. Apart from recorded loss of lives and restriction of movements, demand for air travel and tourism was greatly affected by the pandemic. There was a steady increase in passenger movement by air across South America, Central America, Canada and North America regions of United States. It could be observed that, North America demands for air travel during and a bit after COVID-19 was above all regions followed by Canada with a steady observation for about six months before rise in travel demand. Full time employees recorded in the airline from 2010 to 2022 on monthly basis have not been matched since the pandemic especially from October to December. While acknowledging the roles played by Centre for Diseases Control and World Health Organization to contain the pandemic, their recommendations from history must be followed by all stakeholders in future.