Preface

This investigation arises in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic and after the cancellation of a previous investigation, in which was studied the Air Traffic Controller's Fatigue. Coronavirus has forced almost everyone to redraw their present and reformulate their near-future.

Since the beginning of the worldwide outbreak, it was clear the COVID-19 will hit the aviation industry as never seen before. Several studies started to emerge analyzing the Air Traffic impact, however, no one was focused on the routes' adjustments by the airlines. Looking for a different approach, together with the supervisors, we came up with the idea of explaining the pandemic through the routes alterations and to extract, if present, the airlines' strategy. This project has represented a challenge not only in the data collection but, in its interpretation and representation in the following book.