On the commercial aero side, air travel demand remains strong. We're seeing solid air traffic growth with global revenue passenger miles essentially back to 2019 levels and domestic air travel well above 2019 levels. We also expect strong demand for holiday and business travel for the remainder of the year, supporting continued aftermarket strength for both wide-body and narrow-body aircraft.

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Global commercial air traffic remains on track with our projections with a very robust summer travel season driven by incredibly strong consumer demand. This dynamic is supporting strength in the aftermarket and growth across the globe, with revenue passenger kilometers now tracking at about 95% of 2019 levels. And long haul international, which has lagged in the recovery, is showing strong growth with passenger flight hours up 18 points year over year, a good indicator of increasing demand for wide body travel.

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So even with some near-term challenges, we continue to invest in innovation for continued growth in air travel and to meet the strong defense demand.

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And here in the U.S., passenger traffic through TSA checkpoints averaged about 1.9 million travelers per day in Q3. That's up from about 1.6 million per day in Q2.

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