Abstract
The aim of this short paper/editorial is to evaluate key performance indicators of the JATM, discuss its devel-opment and to explore areas of future research for aviation management research more generally. The impact factor has jumped from 1.084 at the end of 2015 to a predicted 5.211 in 2021 and with the Citescore now sitting at 8.0, the JATM is in a strong position to grow its reputation and aviation research even further. Our biblio-metric analysis has shown a focus on COVID-19, service quality and discrete choice analysis. Sustainability has been identified as a long-established theme of JATM that, in addition to emerging themes, such as advanced air mobility, aviation scholars will grow further.