A BASIC ANALYSIS OF ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON AVIATION MARKET —A STUDY USING FLIGHTRADAR24—

Abstract

COVID-19 was first identified near Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, in November 2019. It has since spread around the world, causing a pandemic. In order to prevent droplet infection through person-to-person contact and the influx of the virus into the country, countries around the world have implemented measures such as curfews and border closures. In this study, we attempted to understand the impact of COVID-19 on the aviation industry in detail. The data obtained from Flightradar24, an application that displays the current position of commercial aircraft in flight in real time, was used for the analysis. Through the analysis in this study, it was possible to obtain a time series of the number of aircraft operations due to the impact of COVID-19. In addition, the differences in the response to COVID-19 among airlines on the same route were clarified and discussed in terms of the number of passengers.