Airline industry developments
Airline Plans & Changes
Air Arabia Dammam
Intent: Add model A320
Air Cairo
Fleet: Added capacity STW A332 B773
Air China Inner Mongolia
Fleet: Removed model B737
AltaWings Aviation
Intent: Add capacity SLR FK50
AltaWings Aviation
Status: New airline Startup
Avcon Jet San Marino
Fleet: Added model E140
Bestlink Air Services
Status: New airline Active
Bestlink Air Services
Fleet: Added model FK50
Bestlink Air Services
Status: Launched Operations
Busy Bee Congo
Fleet: Added freighter FK50F
European Cargo
Fleet: Added model B733 QC
GAMair
Fleet: Added model B19D Freighter
Legend Airlines
Status: License suspended AOC
Legend Airlines
Status: Ceased Operations
Lufthansa CityLine
Fleet: Removed model A319 A321P2F CRJ9
Lufthansa CityLine
Status: Ceased Operations
PIA Pakistan International Airlines
Intent: New owner Arif Habib Corp
Shohin Air
Intent: Add model A20N A21N
Sideral Air Cargo
Fleet: Removed config B738F
Sunan Ruili Airlines
Intent: Add config B738F
T'way Air
Intent: Re-name Trinity Airways
Tianjin Cargo Airlines
Fleet: Removed model B737F
Airline Trends & Performance
Aircraft movements 2025
2026-04-20 | Airport Industry News
According to ACI, worldwide aircraft movements in 2025 for top ten airports YoY: Chicago ORD 860k +10.8%, Atlanta ATL 808k +1.4%, Dallas DFW 743k +0.0%, Denver DEN 701k +1.7%, Las Vegas LAS 586k -4.6%, Los Angeles LAX 581k -0.1%, Charlotte CLT 574k -3.8%, Shanghai PVG 557k +5.5%, Guangzhoi CAN 551k +7.5%, Istanbul IST 549k +6.2k.
Airline ramifications
2026-04-20 | Leeham News
Implications of current jet fuel market volatility: airline flight reductions, ticket price increases, capital spending restrictions, likely storage of excess aircraft.
New Greenland airport
2026-04-20 | Runway Girl Network
Greenland opened new airport at Qaqortoq JU BGQO with 1,500 m runway for direct access to territory’s southern region; Air Greenland and Icelandair to provide regular service at JU.
Aircraft cabin tactile placards
2026-04-20 | Runway Girl Network
Airbus and Boeing cooperating to create industry iconographic standard for tactile placards in cabin to assist pax navigation.
Boeing O&D 2026 Mar
2026-04-20 | Forecast International
Boeing 2026 Mar deliveries 46 aircraft including B737 34 units, B767 2u, B777 3u, B787 7u, and 33 gross orders including B737 25u, B767 0u, B777 0u, B787 8u; backlog through Mar: B737 4,848 units, B767 94u, B777 668u, B787 1,109u.
Autoflight first 2-tonne eVTOL flight
2026-04-20 | Asian Aviation
Autoflight’s CarryAll autonomous eVTOL completed first 2-tonnes transport between Anshun AVA and Guiyang KWE at 120 km in 37 mins; payload fresh tea for same-day transfer from grower fields overflying mountain highways to connecting train delivery in Shanghai.
Glossary highlight: ETOPS
2026-04-20 | AirLibrary
ETOPS Extended Operations governs aircraft flying distance from diversion airport, over land or water, with one engine not operating; certification requires initial and ongoing regulatory compliance related to engine reliability, crew training, maintenance procedures, operations oversight.
Amazon Leo gigabit speed antenna
2026-04-20 | APEX
Amazon Leo introduced new satellite Ultra antenna capable of speeds 1-Gbps download and 400-Mbps upload for entire aircraft.
Latin America Caribbean traffic 2026 Feb
2026-04-20 | Aero Latin News
According to IATA, total LAC pax traffic during 2026 Feb 39.4m +6.6% YoY with flights +3.4%; capacity ASK +5.8%, demand RPK +8.8%, occupancy PLF 85.3%; domestic travel 52.8%, international 47.2% of which 73% outside of LAC; Brazil main driver of growth at 39% of pax increase in region.
Munich Airport Terminal 1 expension
2026-04-20 | Airport Industry News
Munich Airport MUC opened new pier in Terminal 1 enabling 6m additional pax annually, equipped for 12 narrowbody or six widebody aircraft.
Boeing’s Variant eVTOL project
2026-04-20 | Airline92
Boeing’s Variant eVTOL program to develop new operating procedures and automated services at vertiports, aimed to ensure air and ground systems tested and integrated into air traffic management.
Jet fuel per S&P
2026-04-20 | Aviation Week
S&P Global Energy director advises 8m bbls of jet fuel used daily versus 90-100m bbls of crude oil, making jet fuel less prioritized part of overall oil shipments; since start of ME crisis, 16% loss in jet fuel production and 46% reduction in tradeable jet fuel; jet fuel super impacted as normal oil flow re-starting even now means several months before build back of regular inventory.
List: Standard aircraft maintenance docs
2026-04-19 | Airways
Airways www.airwaysmag.com lists with descriptions: 25 standard aircraft maintenance documents.
Worldwide flight counts
2026-04-19 | OAG
Flights 11.4m one-way 2025 Dec 20 - 2026 Apr 19, averaging 102k flights per day; currently 717 airlines and 3,921 airports operating; global capacity 2026 Apr expected 504m seats +1% YoY.
List: Global top 20 container ports 2025
2026-04-19 | Upply
Upply www.uppy.com list: Gobal top 20 container ports based on 2025 TEUs and change 2024; combined traffic 450m TEUs +5% to +6% YoY.
Air cargo growth
2026-04-19 | CargoForwarder Global
Air cargo growth predicted 2026 at +2% to +3%; IATA reported 2026 Jan +5.6% Feb +11.2%; 2026 Mar Apr growth expected negative due to flight cancellations with consequential reduction in belly capacity.
Global air cargo
2026-04-19 | Asian Aviation
According to WorldACD, global air cargo rates rising +37% YoY despite tonnages -8% YoY; while capacity close to 2025 levels although, MESA region -20%.
Platts worldwide jet fuel
2026 Apr 20