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Pax inflight content usage
2026 Feb 03
APEX FlightTrack delivers first complete, tail number-specific, globally auditable reporting structure for licensed inflight content usage, tracking passenger engagement with entertainment and ad content on aircraft.
Markets
Commercial aircraft engine firm orders 2025
2026 Feb 03
Commercial aircraft engines 30,506 (record) on firm order, including single-aisle 24,928 and widebody 5,578 (record), at year end 2025, growing by 684 engines with 278 fewer single-aisle and 962 more widebody.
Markets
Commercial aircraft engine installs 2025
2026 Feb 03
Commercial aircraft engine installs 2,822 during 2025 at +25% YoY, incljuding 2,330 single-aislew +22% and 492 widebody +43%.
Forecasts
Embraer E2 markets
2026 Feb 03
Embraer E2 focus on India's unserved 400 city pairs, too long for turboprops and too thin for narrowbodies; also, E2 to play larger role as candidate for replacement of 800 turboprops in AsiaPac region, by offering more capacity and range than turboprops.
Markets
Engine new net orders 2025
2026 Feb 03
Engine new net orders 2,942 including single-aisle 1,618 and widebody 1,324: Leap-1A 360, Leap-1B 1.006, PW1100 152, PW1500 88, CFM56-5 -8, CFM56-7 20; CF6-80 4, GEnx 446, GE9X 286, GE90 22, PW4000 0, TrentXWB 370, Trent7000 184, Trent1000 12.
Frontiers
Cockpit voice recorder 25-hrs
2026 Feb 02
US FAA rules US CVRs move baseline to 25-hrs from 2-hrs on newly built aircraft beginning 2027.
Frontiers
Open fan engine tech testing
2026 Feb 02
CFM and Airbus team to test next gen commercial aircraft engines including Open Fan and RISE for narrowbody aircraft, at Singapore Changi airport in cooperation with Singapore CAA
Frontiers
IFEC changes
2026 Feb 02
With hardware no longer static and flexibly able to stay upgraded, software needed to keep IFEC up-to-date, while managing both content and privacy; now, continuous refinement of pax experience begins upon installation.
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