I n the autumn 2019 Jetrader air show report, the state of the industry was described as " slowing down " based on political and economic tensions building in the world. Little did we know, it wouldn't be Brexit that would determine the headlines a few months later. Nobody had any idea that a tiny virus would make the global economy hit a brick wall with commercial aviation even more adversely affected. Le Bourget saw a limited flight display and only 115 firm orders for new aircraft. 2019 Mitsubishi, in a surprise move, rebranded the MRJ90 to become the SpaceJet M90. At the same time, the SpaceJet M100 was launched to address U.S. scope clause constraints, which will no doubt cause confusion as it will have fewer seats than the M90. A buzz word in Paris was " flygskam, " a Swedish word implying we should be ashamed of flying. If less flying was indeed the intention, in 2020, one can only say " Be careful what you wish for. " Jetrader * WINTER 2020 * 3 7