Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Singapore’s Aviation Industry

COVID-19, a global pandemic, is proving a significant threat to various sectors globally, including the aviation industry. COVID-19 has been long lasting and there has been no guarantee of the complete ending of this pandemic and so the possibility of resultant effects continuing on the aviation industry. Considering that the aviation industry depends on global performance, it is thus influenced greatly by global changes, market dynamics and shifts across the world, which continue affecting the industry. The above research issues is the motivation of the current study apart from the fact that there has been limited research on the Singapore aviation industry, their responses and preparedness and the impact of COVID-19 during and post-pandemic. With such a gap in the literature, this study aims at understanding the impact that the pandemic has specifically on Singapore’s aviation industry both current and in the future while focusing on the existing measures. A survey questionnaire was used to collect quantifiable data from airport and non-airport workers to analyze various attributes, such as the perception of air travel demand. The results concluded that attitudes towards pandemic significantly led to better expectations of air travel recovery. It is to be noted that beyond domestic and global attitudes, rebound of international travel essentially relies on borders to be opened and multiple countries’ collaboration and coordination.