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

Bao, X., Ji, P., Lin, W., Perc, M., Kurths, J. (2021): The impact of COVID-19 on the worldwide air transportation network. - Royal Society Open Science, 8, 11, 210682.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210682

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Bao, Xiaoge1, Author
Ji, Peng1, Author
Lin, Wei1, Author
Perc, Matjaž1, Author
Kurths, Jürgen2, Author              
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2Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, ou_persistent13              

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 Abstract: 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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 Dates: 2021-11-102021-11-10
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1098/rsos.210682
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PIKDOMAIN: RD4 - Complexity Science
Research topic keyword: Complex Networks
Research topic keyword: Health
Research topic keyword: Nonlinear Dynamics
Model / method: Nonlinear Data Analysis
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 8 (11) Sequence Number: 210682 Start / End Page: - Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/1709271
Publisher: The Royal Society