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For the airline and aerospace industries, Russia's invasion of Ukraine is unlike other recent conflicts. For one, it's occurring on the doorstep of some of the world's busiest airspace, much…

In Skift's top stories this week, the FAA may appoint a United pilot to be its new administrator, Cuba's tourism industry struggles to reach pre-Covid figures, and IHG returns to profitability after dumping poorly performing hotels.

It could be a hot summer across the Atlantic Ocean, as airlines scramble to add as many flights as they can on what they think will be the strongest leisure long-haul market in the world. With Asia still largely closed, British Airways is redeploying resources that would have flown to Asia to the Atlantic market.

Airlines are already beginning to feel the repercussions of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Airspace closures are only just beginning and are expected to extend as European countries ban Russian airlines. But the real loser could be Russia's Aeroflot, which depends on overflight royalties and operates a fleet of Western aircraft.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine will ripple throughout the airline industry, most immediately through high oil prices and airspace closures. But if the West and Russia trade sanctions and restrictions, easy flights between North America, Europe, and Asia could be a thing of the past.

Good morning from Skift. It's Thursday, February 24, in New York City. Here's what you need to know about the business of travel today.

John Boccieri, a United Airlines pilot, vice commander of the Pittsburgh U.S. Air Reserve base and a former U.S. Congressman from Ohio, is one of the more intriguing names being mentioned to succeed outgoing Steve Dickson as the FAA Administrator.

SAS is confronting a radically different Scandinavian airline market now than it had at the start of the pandemic. New competition from startups like Flyr and a restructured Norwegian Air mean SAS will have to continue cutting costs in order to stay competitive.

"We are now past the inflection point," Air Lease Corp. Executive Chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy said last week. By the lessor's reckoning, CEO John Plueger noted, the inflection point occurred some…

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