The impact of COVID-19 on the worldwide air transportation network

Air travel has been one of the hardest hit industries of COVID-19, with many flight cancellations and airport closures as a consequence. By analysing structural characteristics of the Official Aviation Guide flight data, we show that this resulted in an increased average distance between airports, a...

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Autores principales:	Xiaoge Bao, Peng Ji, Wei Lin, Matjaž Perc, Jürgen Kurths
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Publicado:	The Royal Society 2021
Materias:	complex networks air transportation network nonlinear dynamics Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f5b4ddb484374578a5fc88f53ee042362021-11-10T08:06:33ZThe impact of COVID-19 on the worldwide air transportation network10.1098/rsos.2106822054-5703https://doaj.org/article/f5b4ddb484374578a5fc88f53ee042362021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.210682https://doaj.org/toc/2054-5703Air travel has been one of the hardest hit industries of COVID-19, with many flight cancellations and airport closures as a consequence. By analysing structural characteristics of the Official Aviation Guide flight data, we show that this resulted in an increased average distance between airports, and in an increased number of long-range routes. Based on our study of network robustness, we uncover that this disruption is consistent with the impact of a mixture of targeted and random global attack on the worldwide air transportation network. By considering the individual functional evolution of airports, we identify anomalous airports with high centrality but low degree, which further enables us to reveal the underlying transitions among airport-specific representations in terms of both geographical and geopolitical factors. During the evolution of the air transportation network, we also observe how the network attempted to cope by shifting centralities between different airports around the world. Since these shifts are not aligned with optimal strategies for minimizing delays and disconnects, we conclude that they are consistent with politics trumping science from the viewpoint of epidemic containment and transport.Xiaoge BaoPeng JiWei LinMatjaž PercJürgen KurthsThe Royal Societyarticlecomplex networksair transportation networknonlinear dynamicsScienceQENRoyal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	complex networks air transportation network nonlinear dynamics Science Q Xiaoge Bao Peng Ji Wei Lin Matjaž Perc Jürgen Kurths The impact of COVID-19 on the worldwide air transportation network
description	Air travel has been one of the hardest hit industries of COVID-19, with many flight cancellations and airport closures as a consequence. By analysing structural characteristics of the Official Aviation Guide flight data, we show that this resulted in an increased average distance between airports, and in an increased number of long-range routes. Based on our study of network robustness, we uncover that this disruption is consistent with the impact of a mixture of targeted and random global attack on the worldwide air transportation network. By considering the individual functional evolution of airports, we identify anomalous airports with high centrality but low degree, which further enables us to reveal the underlying transitions among airport-specific representations in terms of both geographical and geopolitical factors. During the evolution of the air transportation network, we also observe how the network attempted to cope by shifting centralities between different airports around the world. Since these shifts are not aligned with optimal strategies for minimizing delays and disconnects, we conclude that they are consistent with politics trumping science from the viewpoint of epidemic containment and transport.
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title	The impact of COVID-19 on the worldwide air transportation network
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publisher	The Royal Society
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The impact of COVID-19 on the worldwide air transportation network

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