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In the last article we looked at the coming demand for new commercial aircraft and the supply chain challenges in producing new cutting-edge carbon fibre aeroplanes related to tooling and equipment for their production. One of the specific challenges is the production and performance of the necessary tools which are needed for fabricating carbon fibre composites

COVID’s disruption of the global air travel market was deeper and longer than previous crises. But once borders reopened and public confidence returned, the market recovered quickly. People are hungry to travel and reconnect; business and leisure travel has exploded. Markets serviced by narrow-body (single-aisle, small-medium range) aircraft led the wider recovery, but now most airlines have their larger aircraft in service, reclaiming them from desert parking lots around the world [1].