Efeitos da pandemia de Covid-19 no setor aéreo: um estudo sobre o desempenho da Embraer na competição internacional

Abstract

The following work seeks to understand the impacts caused by the Covid-19 virus pandemic on the international air transport market, one of the most affected segments by the global crisis. The virus, which can cause severe respiratory problems in an infected individual, had its first reported case in China in 2019 and has since spread exponentially across the world, which forced the imposition of restrictive and sanitary measures to contain its advance, such as the use of masks, hygiene, social isolation, closing borders and lockdown, promoting a process of reorganization of the air transport market. Due to the importance of the sector of the aircraft industry, in this present work an analysis will be made about EMBRAER, the largest Brazilian company in the aeronautical sector, with more than 50 years of history, which knew how to use its competitive and technological advantages to complete new projects and closing contracts to attend a demanding market for innovation in the middle of the crisis. The period covered was from March 2020 to June 2021, using data, statistics and reports from agencies and specialized organizations in air traffic such as ANAC, ABEAR and OMS. Despite the expressive numbers, the sector is already recovering, which should happen gradually, so the expectations of the sector will be analyzed regarding to the return of activities and normalization of the operations of the industry and the transport market in line with the advance of vaccination around the world.