U.S. aviation industry stakeholders have spent the better part of a year collectively pushing the U.S. government, specifically the Justice Department (DOJ), to step up prosecution of unruly airline passengers.

Among the many challenges facing A&D companies, add this to the list: tidal waves of sick workers.

After more than two years of strict border restrictions, Australia will allow vaccinated tourists to travel into the country from Feb. 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced. 

Suppliers will sit between a rock and hard place, as list prices fall and manufacturing costs rise.

JAL is reacting to continued COVID-19 restrictions in place in Japan as the country attempts to contain the spread of the omicron variant.

SaxonAir Charter has taken over Sovereign Business Jets’ operational role at Biggin Hill and will fly three aircraft from the London airport as the company reconfigures itself following the twin shocks of Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The COVID-19 pandemic still is raging, but its history and industrial effects already are being written. 

For U.S. leaders, the Lockheed-Aerojet acquisition was too much to ignore. In the future, smaller is better.