The COVID-19 pandemic is a health and humanitarian crisis, and it is also an economic shock, reports Accenture (May 8, 2020). The aviation and air cargo sectors have mobilized in a big way to help supply personal protective equipment (PPE), hand sanitizer, ventilators and other desperately needed items for combating COVID-19. The crisis is shining a light on the importance of logistics and supply chain management for helping save lives, but also for bringing staples and food to populations sheltering in place. Air transport is being heavily relied on because many emergency supplies are located overseas, or across the country, and air is the fastest mode for getting them to where the outbreak is spreading.
This 12 minute video provides a fascinating glimpse how the world’s airlines have had to prepare for shocks in capacity and demand management, the topic of Supplement 7 in your Heizer/Render/Munson text.
