The US Aviation Industry

Out of the many things that I could talk about the US transportation industry and its history I decided to pick a recent event that the whole world is dealing with and it is not transportation related but does affect the transportation industry. Sars=Cov-2 or known as Covid-19 took the world by storm. Causing major shutdowns of city, states, and country. Travel was restricted and quarantine was put in place in high effected area. With the stay-at-home order issues by most government, this put a stop to a lot of traveling and infrastructure. Many countries relied on transportation to keep them running. To quell the spread but keep the country running, essential workers were permitted to keep going to work and operated but with strict restriction. Limited exposer and adjustment of shift were created.

With the stay-at-home order, demands for essential commodities skyrocketed “Essential commodities saw a staggering increase in demand, including the need for disinfectant products, medical supplies, groceries, and paper goods. Manufacturers were not able to keep up with demand right away, which slowed down the entire freight industry” (MehaffyWeber, 2020) So the shift in all transportation had to focused on shipping these essential commodities all over the world.

Passenger travel was reduced significantly for air travel “By May of 2020, airport traffic dropped by 90 percent.” (MehaffyWeber, 2020). This causes a lot of airline to seek aid from the government through the CARES act. Looking forward the transportation industry would have put plans in place in case something in the future would cause another crisis that would shut down the transportation industry. What if another virus outbreak and this type of scenario might happen in the video 


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Reference

Gittens, A. (2020, May 11). Impacts of covid-19 on aviation and the airport business. Retrieved April 24, 2021, from https://www.internationalairportreview.com/article/117249/covid-19-airport-business-aci-world-recovery/

MehaffyWeber. (2020, December 07). Understanding covid-19's impact on the transportation industry. Retrieved April 24, 2021, from https://www.mehaffyweber.com/news/understanding-covid-19s-impact-on-the-transportation-industry/

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