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Markets
2026 Mar 18
Commercial jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel for gas turbine engines, commonly known as Jet A and Jet A-1, produced to standarized international spec designed as performance spec not chemical compoud due to variety of hydrocarbons in petroleum sources, mostly kerosene based, with high flash and low freezing points, often with additives to reduce static electricity, prevent icing, enhance thermal stability.
Markets
2026 Mar 18
Aero Engine, 1980-Present, China, www.aecc.cn, parent AVIC, builder engines: turbofans CJ-500 CJ-1000 CJ-2000 thrust SL 80-350 kN, applications: C909 C919 C929.
Frontiers
2026 Mar 18
Commercial first-class shrinking in favor of larger business-class cabins encompassing smaller first-class cabin, in effect changing seat class concept from luxury to premium as flagship product, adjusting customer expectations from spacious elaborate attentive to private connected productive; simultaneously, airlines using hybrid cabin concepts to differentiate product with lie-flat seats and private suites.
Markets
2026 Mar 18
Cirium reports 31k of 63k or 49% of scheduled flight departures cancelled since start of crisis, with emphasis on airlines based in Gulf and Levant, cancelled flights: El Al 898 87%, Etihad 2,288 78%, Gulf 1,947 98%, Kuwait 1,075 97%, Qatar 4,765 93%, Saudia 1,112 14%.
Frontiers
2026 Mar 18
US FAA cleared Boeing to continue advancing B777-9 into 4th of five phases of Type Inspection Authorization certification testing; Boeing plans to begin Phase 4A ‘very shortly’.
Markets
2026 Mar 17
Global container trade imbalance worsened, as empty containers count rose to 28% or measured in TUE miles 42% by 2026 Jan, meaning increased empty back-haul cargo raising burden on head-haul cargo.
Forecasts
2026 Mar 17
IATA projects long-term pax demand to more than double by 2050, going from 9.0 trillion to 20..8 tn RPK, CAGR 3.1%; identifying GDP per capita as most significant driver of demand; fastest growing corridors: intra-AFR, AFR-APAC, intra-APAC.
Forecasts
2026 Mar 17
Boeing continues to expect B737-7 B737-10 B777X certifications 2026 H2, deliveries 2027; new B737 production line expected activation in mid 2026; B787 deliveries lower due to premium interior certification; 2026 EOY monthly delivery targets: B737 62-64 units, B777X 5, B787 10.
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Danfe Airlines
Nepal
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Iran
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Iran
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Indonesia
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Malta
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Italy
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Lithuania
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Turkiye
Terra Avia
Moldova
Kenya Airways
Kenya
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