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Despite some ongoing headwinds, the post-pandemic production ramp-up for major airframers looks promising.

Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) Lucie Guillemette's career at Canada’s flag carrier spans 36 years.

Hong Kong Airlines is rapidly ramping up frequencies, recalling staff from furlough and beginning a recruitment drive now that travel restrictions have eased.

How Aer Lingus is looking at new technologies for its maintenance operation and potentially bolstering its in-house parts repairs.

CAAC Director Liang Nan said these flights are scheduled to resume operations from late January to February.

ATS’s pre-pandemic investments in technical training and components help it to weather ongoing supply chain and workforce challenges.

The airport operator said the preliminary figures showed passenger numbers were up 106% compared to the 25.5 million travelers recorded in 2021.

China has made its first retaliatory move against the raft of COVID-19-related restrictions imposed on travelers from the country by foreign governments.

The European Commission (EC) has approved France’s plan to pay two tranches of financial assistance to Air Austral.

China’s ministry of transport is forecasting a 99.5% year-on-year improvement in this year’s Chinese New Year travel season.

The planned changes coincide with China dropping quarantine requirements for inbound travelers.

Individual countries are free to decide whether or not to impose the requirements.

Cathay Pacific says the relaxation of COVID-related restrictions has prompted it to more than double its flights to the mainland.

Sky-high ticket prices and COVID-19 test requirements will not stop Chinese travelers from getting on their first international flight after three long years.

Passengers are still required to undergo either a pre-departure PCR or rapid antigen test 48 hours or 24 hours, respectively, prior to the flight.

China has until now stuck to pursuing its zero-COVID ambition and remains the only negative-growth aviation market in 2022.

As Airbus suppliers in France strive to keep pace with the A320 ramp-up they’ve committed to and prepare for further production rate increases, hiring tops their list of concerns.

The latest relaxation of entry requirements should further stimulate India's international traffic, the recovery of which has already been outpacing most other countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Air France-KLM said it would repay €1 billion ($998 million) of the €3.5 billion outstanding on the French state-backed loan that helped it through the coronavirus pandemic.

Lessors were put in an unprecedented position during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and forced to find increasingly creative ways to support their

Europe’s aerospace supply chain may have to deal with a competitive disadvantage vis-a-vis other regions if energy prices stay elevated.

The industry was caught flat-footed when demand roared back this year after redundancies during the pandemic.

The carrier had planned to resume flights to the Asian hub in March 2023.

Supply chain pressure is leading component MROs in Europe to seek alternative solutions.

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines have ramped up their international capacity plans from November onward, following the latest steps by the government to relax entry requirements.