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By Alison Chambers, Resilient Aviation Editor.

Instigating this title and editing Resilient Aviation has been a really enjoyable and busy few months. It wouldn’t have been possible without our brilliant contributors. They have generously given their time to seek out and write up diverse stories from companies who are often too busy to shout about their achievements. Thank you for your brilliant support.

From the outset we set out to deliver original content that championed innovation and resilience and I hope we have succeeded.

Looking at BlueSky’s readership figures it’s our 'people' stories that have attracted the most interest. It’s been great to turn the tables on our aviation journalists and influencers, to chat with associations and companies about how they have adjusted and put the spotlight on our young aviators, our future. It was a pleasure to interview James Oates this week, who is is set on a career as a commercial pilot.

Resilient Aviation will continue through to the autumn at least, but as we start getting back to normal with the lifting of lockdowns we will reduce the frequency to monthly. Our next issue will be Thursday 20th August.

Meanwhile, our Emerald Media team is pleased to start welcoming a few PR clients back after a temporary stop. We are pleased to have been signed by Blue Islands, the Channel Islands airline that is bucking the trend and expanding its network in the UK, hard on the heels of Flybe’s sad demise. The majority of news headlines coming from the aviation sector - severely impacted by the pandemic, is job losses and closures, so it is rewarding to embrace some true green shoots, just as we have been communicating through this title.