In an exclusive interview with Enzo Zangrilli, a long-term aviation executive with 15 years of experience in the aviation industry with former roles at easyJet, Alitalia, Trieste Airport (TRS), and currently the country manager of Italy and Malta at ADB Safegate, we look at 10 trends that are a must-watch in aviation in 2023. 

For the past few years, aviation has had to deal with the consequences of several major historical events, including COVID-19, and still up to this day, the full-scale war in Ukraine. In particular, the post-pandemic reality has also been difficult for airlines. Labor shortages impacted operations during the last peak summer travel season and to prevent the situation from happening again, companies are now hiring and restoring wide-body aircraft to prepare for the next cycle of warm weather in the Northern Hemisphere. But a fair amount of uncertainty still lingers, especially as the economic fallout from the war has affected household incomes and savings for several months now. 

Still, global economies appear to be turning the corner when it comes to inflation turn the corner on inflation, with the United States (US) Consumer Price Index (CPI) expected to rise to 6.6% Year-on-Year (YoY) in December 2022, a level below the 7.1% index in November 2022. Recently published data by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Commission, showed that the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) within the Eurozone slowed down to 9.2%…