Airlines have a long history of community spirit—and one way this spirit has traditionally been put on display is in the form of special liveries.

With air traffic flights and passengers drastically down in 2020, the 2019 top issues of aircraft emissions and “flight shame” have all but disappeared. But they will reappear just as soon as traffic recovers.

Aircraft cabin manufacturers continue to innovate to develop new cabin designs, and many have responded to what aircraft interiors could look like in the post-COVID-19 environment.

Commercial engine makers respond to pandemic-related airline cutbacks by accelerating new engine concepts and focusing on sustainability.

The airline industry and its main aircraft suppliers will be in survival mode at least through the upcoming winter season and until a broadly distributed COVID-19 vaccine allows public life worldwide to return to normal.