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Special event capacity 2026 Feb
2026 Mar 01
Scheduled airline capacity to North America for World Cup 2026 Jun-Jul remains broadly flat vs 2025, with US booking vast majority of seats; Chinese Spring Festival aka Lunar New Year seat capacity YoY grew to 71.4m +7% domestic and 7.2m +12% international.
Markets
Rolls-Royce performance 2025
2026 Mar 01
RR delivered 259 Trent engines -0.7% YoY; large engine orders 638, nearly +30%; large engine shop visits 517, -17%.
Frontiers
Airline Innovations 2026
2026 Mar 01
Amadeus and Lufthansa introduce single order ID, unifying booking and ancilliaries into one record; Goggle launches Universal Commerce Protocol enabling AI agents to handle discovery checkout payments across platforms; US TSA expands PreCheck Touchless to 65 airports allowing pax to use facility recognition instead of physcial ID.
Markets
Top GDS providers
2026 Mar 01
Top Global Distribution System providers, by market share: #1 Amadeus, #2 Travelpro constitute of Apollo Galileo Worldspan, #3 Sabre; global GDS market projects CAGR +7.1% with North America 41% of market; GDS providers info loaded/updated by airlines for one-stop shop by airline approved OTAs and travel agencies.
Frontiers
Top airline Innovations 2025
2026 Mar 01
Airport terminal operations using LiDAR for crowd flow and flexible ground crew models; airlines using AI for bookings, reshaping how flights found and purchased; low volume innovation gap occured around ancilliaries, with airlines usually stopping offers at flight search rather than during bookings.
Forecasts
Boeing Africa plans more orders
2026 Feb 27
According to Bloomberg, Boeing Africa revised aircraft order outlook to sell 1,700 airplanes during next 20-yrs, compared with 2024 forecast of 1,200 airplanes; pax traffic growth expected to average +6% annually; Boeing market share 70% in Africa.
Frontiers
Melbourne airport expansion
2026 Feb 27
Melbourne International Airport MEL plans expanded international terminal, including additional gates and upgraded baggage system, to compliment new 3rd runway scheduled for operation 2031; MEL handled 1.26m international pax in 2026 Jan.
Frontiers
New main runway at Cape Town airport
2026 Feb 27
Cape Town International Airport CPT confirms national infrastructure program to include new main runway L 3500 W 60 m shifted eastward by about 11.5 degrees, meeting Code F standards for large next gen aircraft; planned contractor appointment 2026 Dec.
Airline Developments
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Bestfly Aruba
Aruba
Fleet
Retired model E190
2026 Feb 26
Airline
Jet Aviation Switzerland
Switzerland
Fleet
Added model A221 CJ
2026 Feb 19
Airline
Caliphate Air
Nigeria
Status
License issued ATL
2025
Airline
British Airways
United Kingdom
Intent
Replace model B772 > B78X
2029
Airline
TAAG Angola Airlines
Angola
Intent
Start Privatization
2026
Airline
DHL Air UK
United Kingdom
Intent
Add capacity DHX B763F
2026 Mar 29
Airline
Overland Airways
Nigeria
Intent
Reintroduce model AT43
TBA
Airline
Fischer Air
Slovakia
Intent
Launch Operations
2026 Oct
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Fly4 Airlines
Ireland
Flight Provider
SpiceJet
India
Start
B737-800
2026 Feb 23
Aircraft Operator
GetJet Airlines Lithuania
Lithuania
Flight Provider
Air Senegal
Senegal
Start
B737-800
2026 Feb 23
Aircraft Operator
ASL Airlines Ireland
Ireland
Flight Provider
Saudia
Saudi Arabia
Start
A330-200
2026 Feb 22
Aircraft Operator
Hilaac Air
Kenya
Flight Provider
Hilaac Air Express
Somalia
Start
SF340
2026 Feb 22
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Avion Express Malta
Malta
Flight Provider
Viva Mexico
Mexico
Start
A320ceo
2025 Nov 21
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