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The starting point is much further down the mountain.
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Victoria Moores

All regions face an uphill climb from the COVID-19 crisis, but the starting point for African carriers is much further down the mountain.
 
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DATA STORY
After shrinking precipitously, the MRO aftermarket demand post-pandemic totals to $878 billion over the next 10 years, growing at a 3.6% CAGR after factoring in fleet and utilization impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic. 
 
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The pandemic and subsequent economic downturn has highlighted the importance of non-aeronautical revenue for U.S. airports grows. Neighborhood 91, a development at PIT’s Pittsburgh Airport Innovation Campus, combines an additive manufacturing/3D-Printing cluster strategy with partners including the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and a recently announced Fortune-500 transportation anchor tenant. 

 
EXPERT OPINION VIDEO
Kurt Hofmann of Air Transport World, Aviation Week, interviews Peter Foster President and CEO of Air Astana.
 
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ASK THE EDITORS
Jens Flottau

Ask the Editors: Widebody fleets are under pressure and smaller single-aisles are expected to remain popular.
 
QUIZ
An IATA airport code, designates many airports and metropolitan areas around the world. How well do you know IATA airport codes? Take our quiz and find out.
 
EXPERT OPINION VIDEO
Arab Air Carriers Organization secretary general Abdul Wahab Teffaha speaks to ATW Europe and Middle East correspondent Alan Dron about how airlines in the Gulf, North Africa and the Levant are managing amid the pandemic as well as the prospects for the increasing number of LCCs in the region. 
 
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
From conception to development, we look back at key milestones for the Boeing 747.
 
AWIN ANALYSIS
IATA downgrades outlook further, EASA’s MAX return proposal adds nuisance stick-shaker disabling procedure, Chinese airframers on latest U.S. sanctions list, and more.
 
CAPA ANALYSIS
Avianca Holdings was just beginning to reap the benefits of a restructuring it undertook in 2019 when, in Mar-2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended the global aviation industry.
 
VIDEO | FAST FIVE WITH ASM
 
Effective negotiation with airlines is more important than ever as airlines and airports both navigate the route to recovery post-pandemic. To learn about the negotiation process, different support mechanisms, and how ASM can help you throughout the negotiation process, watch our Fast Five with ASM: Negotiating with Airlines.
 
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
 
With COVID-19 restrictions tightening, European carriers are facing an even tougher winter than they feared at the height of the crisis.
 
 
UPCOMING WEBINAR
 

An exclusive one-on-one with Chief Economist Brian Pearce as IATA releases its 2021 forecast for global airline financial and traffic stats. Nothing could have prepared the air transport industry or those who monitor its financial health for the crippling effect of the pandemic.

A year ago, IATA was forecasting another profitable, traffic growth year for airlines worldwide in 2020. Pearce has been tracking and analyzing the effects of the COVID-19 virus on a daily basis through the year and will share his data and thoughts on how that will play out through 2021, globally and region by region.
   
December 2,
10:30 EST