Corporate slide deck (Airbus GWF 2025) forecasting global aerospace workforce demand from 2025 to 2044. Covers post‑COVID recovery, macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds, resilient 2025 aerospace market performance, rising defence & helicopter demand, and a projected doubling of the fleet toward 2044. Key themes: talent scarcity and regional mismatches, AI and sustainability driving new skill needs, north→south/east talent migration (notably India), and workforce counts and replacement/training needs across engineers, digital talent and blue‑collar operations through 2030–2044.
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2.9% (2025)
-13% (jet fuel YoY decline) — strengthening airlines' profits
$2.7 Tn (record high)
24,730 (2024 fleet in service)
49,000+ in service aircraft by 2044