Title: International air transportation and need of intensive technological applications in Covid-19 spread control

Abstract

This paper discusses the features and need of technological applications in global aviation industry towards effective control of COVID-19 pandemic. International commercial aviation industry is a key role player and contributor to both global economy and pandemic spread control. The study details the pandemic spread control and recent technological applications to ensure safer travel procedures for ensuring predictive and public health and safety of 4.5 billion passengers and 887,000 aviation professionals. The study reviles the impact in aviation safety and economic risk mitigation as air travel of 2 million seafarers and trade ship operators contribute to 80% of global trade economy. It is found that 84% of the aviation passengers feel safer and has gained confidence on technological applications of touch-less air travel aiding to assured public health safety. The study explains the current trends of touch-less applications in kiosks screening, e-gate, e-boarding, self-baggage drop and related technological inventions. The paper discusses about the risk in growing cyber security in the process of digitalization. The need of continuous technological developments and touch-less norms in aviation has constituted a requirement to globalize new health norms with futuristic expansion goals. The need for training in aviation and applications of Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) to ensure safe operations by aviation professionals with the rate of implementation to provide optimum solution and related research findings were detailed.