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Ten travel wishes for 2026
2026 Feb 06
Wifi as backbone to pax service; hospitality good for provider and receiver; IATA NDC and agentic commerce work together; booking interface combining content, commerce, context; brands optimizing for trust instead of enrollment; hotels re-claiming guest relationship; dots connected between flight train car; be honest about impact on green narrative; make accessibility part of infrastructure; make restorative travel widely available.
Frontiers
Real-time pallet dimensions
2026 Feb 06
SATS Worldwide Flight Services rolling-out CIND automated system to measure dimensions of pallets; expectation to process up to 500 pallets per hour; freight data with photos captured for invoicing and aircraft space utilization; WFS network 225 stations in 27 countries.
Markets
Brief Builder: ATR
2026 Feb 06
ATR builder aircraft 1981-Present, France, www.atraircraft.com, owner Airbus & Leonardo; models ATR42 built 499 flying 203 ATR72 built 1242 flying 836; engs turboprops PW120/121/124/127; cabin ATR42 pax ATR72 pax freighter; search ATR on AirLibrary for characteristics, operators, values.
Markets
Denver International Airport traffic 2025
2026 Feb 06
Denver DEN announced new traffic record 82.4m pax +0.1% YoY and cargo volumne 732m tonnes +0.1%, during 2025; 12 consistent months of record international pax traffic, total 4.9m +4.8%.
Forecasts
Investment capital flow
2026 Feb 06
During 2026, new commercial transport aircraft deliveries expected to reach worth of $120b, with global investors looking to deploy capital via well established air finance players.
Forecasts
Pratt & Whitney projecting MRO 2026
2026 Feb 06
PW projects high single-digit MRO aftermarket growth in 2026 driven by PW1000G V2500, at/about same shop visits at 2025, with contractions for PW2000 PW4000 due to B757 B777 retirements.
Markets
Airbus deliveries 2026 Jan
2026 Feb 06
During 2026 Jan, Airbus delivered 19 commercial aircraft: A359 1, A21N 10, A20N 5, A223 3; orders 49 aircraft: A339 1, A21N 8, A20N 40.
Forecasts
Cargo volumes and rates 2026 Jan
2026 Feb 06
Xenata cautions focus on strong 2026 Jan in light of Lunar New Year starting 2026 Feb 15 instead of 2025 Jan 28; also, as rates typically quoted in local currency, weaker dollar makes rates firmer than actual; additionally, primarily China e-commerce exports -9% YoY reducing turbocharged cross border air cargo estimated at 20% to 25% of annual global volumes.
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Hunnu Air
Mongolia
Intent
Acquire Airbus narrowbodies
TBA
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Sun PhuQuoc Airways
Vietnam
Fleet
Added model A20N
2026 Feb 06
Airline
Germanwings
Germany
Status
License surrendered AOC
2026 Jan
Airline
Ebonyi Air
NigeriaStatus
New airline Startup
2026
Airline
Skymark Airlines
Japan
Intent
New model B38M
2026 Apr
Airline
Mandarin Airlines
Taiwan
Intent
New model A21N
2027
Airline
Saudia
Saudi Arabia
Intent
Add variant A21N XLR
2026 Q2
Airline
Air Anka
Turkiye
Intent
Add model B738
S26
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Avion Express Malta
Malta
Flight Provider
Vietnam Airlines
Vietnam
Start
A320ceo
2026 Feb 01
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Avion Express Malta
Malta
Flight Provider
Vietnam Airlines
Vietnam
Start
A320ceo
2026 Feb 01
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Fly2Sky Bulgaria
Bulgaria
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United Nigeria Airlines
Nigeria
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A320ceo
2026 Jan 30
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