A Study of the Operational Resilience of an Indian Airline Company

Abstract

Starting January 2020 for the period of two years, many Indian industries were adversely affected because of the pandemic. The severity of the impact had varied from industry to industry. The study attemptsunderstand the severity of the damage it has caused to the airline industry with the purpose to comprehend how the industry was coping up with the heavy losses it suffered, due to the impact of lockdowns imposed by the government authorities to arrest the pandemic. The industry by its very nature has a very high fixed cost and administrative cost, which leads to monumental losses if people stop using it even for a brief period.The study encompasses the information and data available for various airlines, news articles, publication in related journals and inferential studies.Through this paper, an attempt is made to figure out as to how we can bring around the industry to its previous pre-pandemic level