This study aims to investigate the pandemic’s effect on Dutch travelers’ future behavioral willingness to travel eco-friendly. The conceptual framework includes the Norm-Activation Model (NAM), behavioral willingness to pro-environmental travel, economic sacrifices theory, and risk perception. These factors have proved to influence pro-environmental travel behavior (PETB) in a during-crisis world. This research contributes to filling intriguing gaps in the literature on the effect of COVID-19 on the future Pro-Environmental Travel Behavior (PETB) of Dutch travelers. The research process involved an online self-administered method created with one of the leading research and web-based survey tools, Qualtrics. Respondents (329) filled out the questionnaire. The results revealed that the pandemic affected the willingness of travelers to travel pro-environmentally. COVID-19 as a disease is not necessarily seen as a threat, while the long-lasting impacts that COVID-19 brings are seen as a threat. Most Dutch travelers are more concerned about the economic and long-term health consequences of the virus than they are about contracting or dying from it. The majority of individuals are concerned about climate change and feel responsible for it.
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COVID-19 arrived in the world suddenly and unexpectedly. It caused major disruptions at economical, operational and other levels. In the case of flight traffic, the operations were reduced to 10% of their original levels. The question after COVID-19 is how to restart the operations and how to keep the balance between safety and capacity. In this paper we present an analysis using simulation techniques for understanding the impact in a security area of an important airport in Latin America; the airport of Mexico City. The results allow to illustrate the potential congestion given by the implemented covid-19 restriction, even when the traffic recovers only by 25% of the pre-covid-19 traffic. The congestion can be mitigated by applying some layout changes (snake queue vs parallel queue) and when more capacity is added to the system (extra security line). The results will raise situational awareness for airport stakeholders when implementing the actions suggested by different international institutions like WHO, IATA or ICAO.
