Hong Kong, Sept. 12 -- Pilot training and flight simulator company, CAE, forecasts digital technologies to be more prevalent in the sector as aviation adapts to a landscape changed by the coronavirus pandemic.

Figures from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) showed airlines in the Asia-Pacific suffered a 87% drop in demand in April when the impact of international border closures and restriction of movement rules in a host of countries were at their most severe.

While there has been some improvement since then, it has mostly been in domestic markets, with travel between countries almost exclusively limited to repatriation flights returning passengers to their place of residence or transporting essential workers to their des...