Imperial College London
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DrArunaSivakumar

Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Reader in Consumer Demand Modelling And Urban Systems
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 6036a.sivakumar Website

 
 
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604Skempton BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Manca:2023:10.1177/03611981211025287,
author = {Manca, F and Sivakumar, A and Pawlak, J and Brodzinski, NJ},
doi = {10.1177/03611981211025287},
journal = {Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board},
pages = {105--117},
title = {Will we fly again? modeling air travel demand in light of COVID-19 through a London case study},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03611981211025287},
volume = {2677},
year = {2023}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The COVID-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions have created an unprecedented challenge for the air transport industry, which before the pandemic was facing almost the exact opposite set of problems. Instead of the growing demand and need for capacity expansion warring against environmental concerns, the sector is now facing a slump in demand and the continuing uncertainty about the impacts of the pandemic on people’s willingness to fly. To shed light on consumer attitudes toward air travel during and post the pandemic, this study presents an analysis that draws on recently collected survey data (April–July 2020), including both revealed and stated preference components, of 388 respondents who traveled from one of the six London, U.K., airports in 2019. Several travel scenarios considering the circumstances and attitudes related to COVID-19 are explored. The data is analyzed using a hybrid choice model to integrate latent constructs related to attitudinal characteristics. The analysis confirms the impact of consumers’ health concerns on their willingness to travel, as a function of travel characteristics, that is, cost and number of transfers. It also provides insights into preference heterogeneity as a function of sociodemographic characteristics. However, no significant effects are observed concerning perceptions of safety arising from wearing a mask, or concerns over the necessity to quarantine. Results also suggest that some respondents may perceive virtual substitutes for business travel, for example video calls and similar software, as only a temporary measure, and seek to return to traveling as soon as it is possible to do so safely.The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has affected air travel to an unprecedented extent, leading to the worst-ever crisis of the air transport sector (1). Airlines worldwide have faced a huge drop in demand, for example 98% drop in passengers for 6 weeks in a row over April and May 2020, as stated by the Airpor
AU  - Manca,F
AU  - Sivakumar,A
AU  - Pawlak,J
AU  - Brodzinski,NJ
DO  - 10.1177/03611981211025287
EP  - 117
PY  - 2023///
SN  - 0361-1981
SP  - 105
TI  - Will we fly again? modeling air travel demand in light of COVID-19 through a London case study
T2  - Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03611981211025287
UR  - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03611981211025287
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/90397
VL  - 2677
ER  -
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