While international capacity is accelerating in the Asia-Pacific region, the recovery has been twice as strong in Europe and North America.

While a return to profits is good news for Europe’s airline groups, getting past short-term operational issues will be the big challenge.

International services operating to China with larger aircraft are now less likely to be temporarily halted.

Rather than release an updated standard that meaningfully moves the needle on airline refunds during a continued stretch of industrywide operational challenges, the DOT appears to want to to codify bare minimum expectations.

As industry eyes growth, suppliers are struggling to staff up so they can keep up.

As demand grows for civil and military aircraft, global industry has yet to solve raw material, supply chain and skill shortage issues.

More than 600,000 aviation aficionados, 10,000-12,000 aircraft and hundreds of exhibitors are expected to attend the 69th annual EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, which this year marks the return of international visitors following the lifting of COVID restrictions.

The move has been criticized by tourism advocates, who say it will negatively affect travel to Canada.