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Аннотация научной статьи по экономике и бизнесу, автор научной работы — Bartosz Kozicki, Aleksandra Skrabacz, Beata Gałek, Marlena Lorek

In the study, the authors conducted a multidimensional data analysis on the decrease in the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020-2022. Forecasts of the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany obtained after applying the Holt-Winters exponential smoothing method from January 2020 to December 2022 were compared with actual data. The research showed that in the case of Germany, in 2020 there was a decrease of 174 628 873 people, and in 2022, it was 90 620 354 people. In Poland, the decrease in 2020 amounted to 40 257 520 people; in 2022, it was already 21 083 066 passengers.

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Текст научной работы на тему «Multidimensional analysis of losses in the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the maintenance of economic security»

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Kozicki, B., Skrabacz, A., Gaiek, B., & Lorek, M. (2023]. Multidimensional analysis of losses in the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the maintenance of economic security. Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics, 8(2), 58-70. doi:10.14254/jsdtl.2023.8-2.4.

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Multidimensional analysis of losses in the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the maintenance of economic security

Bartosz Kozicki * , Aleksandra Skrabacz * , Beata Gatek ** , Marlena Lorek ***

* Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Kaliskiego Street, 2, Warsaw 00-908, Poland Tel: (+48) 261839175

bartosz.kozicki@wat.edu.pl; aleksandra.skrabacz@wat.edu.pl

** University of Siedlce,

Konarskiego Street, 2, Siedlce 08-110, Poland

Tel: (+48) 25 6431915

beata.galek@uph.edu.pl

**** Rzeszow University of Technology,

Al. Powstancow Warszawy 12, Rzeszow 35-959, Poland

Tel: (+48) 178651100

mlorek@prz.edu.pl

Abstract: In the study, the authors conducted a multidimensional data analysis on the decrease in the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic between 2020-2022. Forecasts of the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany obtained after applying the Holt-Winters exponential smoothing method from January 2020 to December 2022 were compared with actual data. The research showed that in the case of Germany, in 2020 there was a decrease of 174 628 873 people, and in 2022, it was 90 620 354 people. In Poland, the decrease in 2020 amounted to 40 257 520 people; in 2022, it was already 21 083 066 passengers.

Keywords: air transport, oil price, COVID-19, multidimensional comparative analyzes, economic security

1. Introduction

The article is a continuation of B. Kozicki's study of 2021, which was extended with newly available data between 2021-2022 and a time series of data on the number of passengers transported by air in Poland (Kozicki, 2021). The following research problem was presented: to what extent did the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic affect the number of passengers transported by air in Germany and Poland between 2020 and 2022?

OPEN ^^ ACCESS

Article history:

Received: May 28, 2023 1st Revision: September 22, 2023

Accepted: October 30, 2023

DOI:

10.14254/jsdtl.2023.8-2.4

Corresponding author: Bartosz Kozicki E-mail: bartosz.kozicki@wat.edu.pl

This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.

The following research purpose was adopted for this research problem: to conduct forecasting based on retrospective data on the number of passengers transported by air in Germany and Poland for the period from January 2020 to December 2022 and to conduct a multidimensional comparative analysis of the obtained forecasts with actual data.

For the research problem and the purpose of the work, the following research thesis was put forward: between 2020-2022 there were decreases in the number of passengers transported by air in Germany and Poland compared to their forecasts for the period from January 2020 to December 2022 with a decreasing trend dynamically.

The research method used in the study was the analysis of literature on definitions concerning air passenger transport, as well as multidimensional data analysis and economic security.

2. Analysis of the literature of the research subject

The term "security" in the literature is widely understood. According to W. Kitler, it is inner trust, peace of mind, and certainty, properly or falsely justified in the circumstances giving rise to fears (Kitler, 2011, p. 22). It is also defined as the main need of man and social groups, a kind of strategic goal (Stanczyk, 1996, p. 18). Security is considered subjective and objective (Skrabacz, 2012, s. 24; Jurgilewicz, 2023, p. 25). Economic security is one type. It is defined as the certainty of survival and development of the economic system of the state and international economic organizations, along with tools guaranteeing the preservation of their appropriate international position in social relations and the assumed standard of living of citizens (Nurzynska, 2016, p. 22, Kozicki et al., 2021). The importance and awareness of economic security have been particularly highlighted in the 21st century by the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization announced it on March 11, 2020. The disease tended to spread rapidly and caused deaths (Wolosowski, 2022; Ksiqzkowski, 2022; Jablonowski, Istel, 2023; Skrabacz, 2021). It led to the introduction of restrictions, for instance, on transportation.

First of all, as never before in history, it influenced the emergence of a crisis in air passenger transport and a decrease in the number of passengers. It should be emphasized that this type of transport is special; its strategic goal is to meet the needs of travellers. It is recognized as a stimulator that brings markets closer, i.e. places where purchase and sale transactions are made, thus enabling an increase in production and, thus, an increase in sales, revenues and profits. In addition, the increase in the number of passengers transported by air facilitates the development of infrastructure and causes the development of other branches of the economy. It also affects the level of globalization in terms of its growth and allows it to reach any place on Earth. Transport needs are an essential issue in the field of air passenger transport. They are considered as the desire/necessity of relocation within a specific time and space by the national economy and citizens of respective countries using appropriate means of transport. It is generally accepted that the classification of needs results from the purpose of the travel. The fundamental role in passenger air transport is played by the price, which is the value of the service provided in terms of movement dynamically (See Jurgilewicz et al., 2020 and 2022).

Air transport is primarily divided into three groups based on the transport object. These include passengers, goods and mail. The study focuses on passenger air transport. Until 2019, a strong growing trend in the number of people travelling by this type of transport was noticeable worldwide (Stajniak, Kozicki & Wenerska, 2022). In the first phase, the COVID-19 pandemic led to a decrease in the number of passengers transported by air, especially in April 2020 (Civil Aviation Authority, 2021) - reaching over 95% compared to the same period in 2019 (Ramotowski, 2022; Slomski, 2021; Szymanski, 2020). This led to a decrease in demand for crude oil, followed by long-term price drops until December 2020 (Kardas, toskot-Strachota, Wisniewska, 2020; Suder, 2021).

The abovementioned events, with the attack of Russia on Ukraine, contributed to the increase in inflation in Europe. In 2022, inflation in the European Union was 10,4%, while in December 2021, it was 5,3% (Blaszkiewicz, 2023; Knees, 2023).

The study used multidimensional comparative analyses, during which at least two dependent variables were analyzed and evaluated. The data was grouped and compiled on categorized line and bar charts, and, for research purposes, they were given separate scales to observe their trends dynamically.

3. Multidimensional comparative analyzes of the number of passengers transported by air in Germany and Poland

The research in Figure 1 began with the outline of data on the number of passengers transported by air in Germany and Poland from January 2010 to December 2022.

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Figure 2: Categorized bar chart of the amount of the number of passengers transported by air in Germany and Poland in the group of dependent variables from 2010 to 2022 (left scale of the

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4. Forecasting and evaluation of the obtained forecasts

The existence of an upward trend and seasonality monthly in the time series of the number of passengers transported from January 2010 to December 2019 by air became the premise for their forecasting using the Holt-Winters exponential smoothing method from January 2020 to December 2022 in both considered European countries. The forecasting results in Germany with actual data are presented in Figure 4, and in Poland in Figure 5.

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Table 1: Analysis of error indices of the forecast of the number of passengers transported by air in Germany between 2020-2022 after the use of the Holt-Winters method

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The forecasts obtained were very good as the average absolute percentage error was 2,3% and the average percentage error was 0,12%. The average error reached the level of 1582,59.

The next stage of the research was to compare the differences between the forecasts of the number of passengers transported by air transport and the actual data in both countries between 20202022.

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Then, for research purposes, data on the percentage decrease in the number of passengers transported by air transport in Poland and Germany was compiled and compared to the forecasts made by the Holt-Winters exponential smoothing method from January 2020 to December 2022.

Figure 7: Percentage decrease in the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany compared to the forecasts with the use of the Holt-Winters exponential smoothing method for the period from January 2020 to December 2022

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The largest decreases in the number of passengers transported were recorded in Poland - they reached 100% in April and May 2020. In the case of Germany, the largest decreases were in April 2020 and amounted to 99%, then in May and June - 98% each.

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In 2020, the percentage decrease in the number of passengers transported by air in Germany was 75% and in Poland 74%. In 2021, a reduction in the decline was observed in both countries - in the case of Germany, 69% and Poland, 67%. 2022 is the year of another decrease in the number of passengers transported by air. In the case of Germany to the level of 37% and in Poland to 35%. It should be emphasized that from 2020 to 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, both in Germany and Poland, the number of passengers transported by air has still not been reached as observed in 2019.

5. Summary and conclusions

The conducted research shows that from January 2010 to December 2019, there was a visible growing trend and monthly seasonality of the number of passengers transported by air in Germany and Poland. From 2020 to 2022, there are visible decreases in the number of passengers transported in both analyzed European countries caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In Germany in 2020, the decrease compared to 2019 was 74,51 p.p., i.e., by 168 968 108 passengers, while in Poland, there was a decrease by 70,55 p.p., i.e., by 33 117 311 passengers. In 2021, compared to 2020, increases were observed in both countries. In Germany by 15 801 392 passengers and in Poland by 5 068 352 passengers. The largest increase in the number of passengers transported by air took place in 2022, but still, not as many people were transported in this period as in 2019. In Germany, between 2021 and 2022, an increase of 81 681 183 people was recorded, while in Poland, by 20 454 692 people. The seasonality of the analyzed data between 2010-2019 is highlighted in Figure 3. It shows that from February to August, there is an upward trend and a downward trend from August to February.

The detection of two regularities, a trend and seasonality, allowed the selection of the Holt-Winters exponential smoothing method for the forecasting of the data in both analyzed European countries from January 2020 to December 2022. A comparison of forecasts with actual data shows that they do not coincide. There is also a tendency for their differences to be decreased dynamically. In the case of Germany, the difference from 2020 of -174 628 873 decreased in 2022 to -90 620 354. In Poland, the difference from 2020 from -40 257 520 decreased in 2022 to -21 083 066 passengers.

Considering the decline percentage, in Germany, it was 75% in 2020 and 74% in Poland. In 2022, decreases in Germany were visible at 37% and in Poland at 35%. The development of air transport affects the economic growth of countries. Since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 until the end of 2022, there has been a decrease in the number of passengers transported by air, resulting in a lower level of economic growth and a decrease in budget revenues dynamically. An optimistic

observation is the growing tendency to reduce the level of decline and revival of the air passenger transport sector. According to the authors, in 2023, the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany will be similar to 2019.

Acknowledgement

Funding

This research received no external funding. Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest. Data availability

Some or all data and models that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

Citation information

Kozicki, B., Skrabacz, A., Gafek, B., & Lorek, M. (2023). Multidimensional analysis of losses in the number of passengers transported by air in Poland and Germany caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the maintenance of economic security. Journal of Sustainable Development of Transport and Logistics, 8(2), 58-70. doi:10.14254/jsdtl.2023.8-2.4

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