Aviation Operators’ Response Plan to Overcome the Crisis in the Aviation Industry Caused by COVID-19

• Main Author: In-kyu Lim
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Aerospace Medical Association of Korea 2020-12-01
• Series: Hanggong uju uihakoeji
• Subjects: covid-19; aircraft; maintenance; hygiene

The coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on the aviation industry. In order to overcome this crisis, airlines have made their efforts in various fields. Therefore, we tried to summarize these efforts of airlines. It is also essential to keep aircraft that have been in landing for a long time in optimal condition. In this paper, we tried to find out about efforts to maintain landing aircraft and maintenance of personnel. Through such constant care, airlines will be able to quickly respond to increasing aviation demand when the infectious disease situation is stabilized in the future. Finally, airlines and passengers must make several efforts to ensure that passengers are free from COVID-19 while traveling by air. These include general precautions to prevent infection, separation of airline personnel and passengers, changes in seat assignments and in-flight services, periodic aircraft disinfection, and prevention of in-flight infections.