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2025 Jul 07
Airline

FlyGuinea

Guinea
FlyGuinea
Status
Launch Operations
2026 Q2
Airline

FlyGuinea

Guinea
FlyGuinea
Status
New model E170 or E190
2026 Q2
Airline

FlyGuinea

Guinea
FlyGuinea
Status
New airline Startup
2025
Airline

Proflight Zambia

Zambia
Proflight Zambia
Status
Added type CRJ440
2025 Jun 23
Airline

Aero Contractors

Nigeria
Aero Contractors
Status
Reinstated B735
2025 Jun 30
Airline

Air Mauritius

Mauritius
Air Mauritius
Status
New model A333
2025 Sep
Airline

Kuber Airlines

Nepal
Kuber Airlines
Status
New model AT76
TBA
Airline

United Nigeria Airlines

Nigeria
United Nigeria Airlines
Status
New model B738
2026 Feb

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Africa Charter Airline

South Africa
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

BidAir Cargo

South Africa
Flight Provider
Start
B737-400
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator

Fly2Sky

Bulgaria
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

SkyUp Europe

Malta
Flight Provider
Start
A321ceo
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator

Heston Airlines

Lithuania
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

Valletta Airlines

Malta
Flight Provider
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator

Windrose Air

Ukraine
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

VAN Air Europe

Czechia
Flight Provider
Start
A319ceo
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator

Flyyo

Romania
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

Arkia Israeli Airlines

Israel
Flight Provider
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 02
Aircraft Operator

KlasJet

Lithuania
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

El Al Israel Airlines

Israel
Flight Provider
Start
B737-800
2025 Jul 01
Aircraft Operator

Avion Express Lithuania

Lithuania
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

Tunisair

Tunisia
Flight Provider
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jun 30
Aircraft Operator

Fly Lili

Romania
Aircraft Operator
Flight Provider

Israir Airlines

Israel
Flight Provider
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jun 30

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Aircraft Forecasts
Mid-year progress report

2025 Jul 07

For many airlines, combination of weakening of US dollar and oil prices well below last year’s levels provides significant cost savings for airlines, flowing straight through to bottom line and likely to continue through rest of 2025.

Aircraft Markets
Africa airlines burden

2025 Jul 07

According to AFRAA, Africa’s aviation market projected to more than double by 2043, reaching 345m pax annually at average annual growth of 3.7%; Africa airlines growth continues with burden of higher costs than most of world especially fuel, nav, ticket taxes, airport/ground fees, and governments blocking up to 70% of airlines' funds.

Aircraft Markets
Airline cabin seats

2025 Jul 07

With airlines needing more than 8m seats during next decade, leading seat makers considering re-use of underlying designs instead of developing seats from scratch, as seat manufacture assembles up to 3,000 parts from 50 suppliers in 15 countries, complicated by certification bottlenecks and bespoke seat features.

Aircraft Markets
Dispruptive re-forecasting

2025 Jul 07

While most companies mode during disruptive forecast as either (1) wait and see or (2) front-load or (3) commit minimum, staying prepared to expect disruptions during forecast cycle by building flexibility into operations provides key to agile re-forecasting response while conditions evolve.

Aircraft Markets
Top ten MidEast airports

2025 Jul 07

Per quantity of seats: Dubai DXB 5.1m, Doha DOH 2.9m, Jeddah JED 2.3m, Riyahd RUH 2.1m, Abu Dhabi AUH 1.5m, Tel Aviv TLV 1.0m, Kuwait KWI 1.0m, Sharjah SHV 0.8m, Muscat MCT 0.8m, Damman DMM 0.7m.

Aircraft Markets
Airline retailing growth

2025 Jul 07

Pax willing to pay for what they care about, personalizaiton = better experience, book travel components separately, digital presence effectively sells products, airline websites and apps to dominate bookings, modern tech brings pricing transparency and flexibility, digital ability speeds up decisions, social media inspires travel.

Aircraft Frontiers
Takeoff performance monitor

2025 Jul 03

New EASA proposal for take-off performance monitoring system applicable to new-build aircraft to check for errors in take-off parameters esp FMS inputs, aircraft’s position at beginning of take-off run, real-time monitoring of take-off performance.

Aircraft Markets
Aircraft orders and backlog

2025 Jul 03

Commercial aircraft orders up by almost 900% in 2025 May YoY, pushing total backlog to record 16,073, according to ADS Group.

Aircraft Forecasts
Freighter shortage 2040

2025 Jul 03

According to Atlas Air, growth of widebody freighter capacity to struggle with demand growth as airlines retire older aircraft during lack of new freighters entering market; B777-200F production ends 2027 and next gen A350F and B777-8F deliveries start late 2027 or early 2027.

Aircraft Forecasts
A220-500 similar to A320neo

2025 Jul 03

A220-500 development as stretched A220-300 with higher winglets and improved version of PW1500G, with slightly increased thrust and possibly enhanced compressor, makes per-seat-mile fuel consumption of A220-500 same as A320neo.

Aircraft Markets
Cherry export season

2025 Jul 02

Normally annual highlight for airlines, this year’s North America cherry crop smallest in 15 years, 38% lower YoY, compounded by fewer farm workers, along with typically robust demand hesitancy for US crops in East Asia.

Aircraft Frontiers
Next-gen turboprop wing

2025 Jul 02

Herwingt designing lightweight low-drag wing capable of supporting hybrid-electric powertrain, targeting wing 15% more fuel efficient and 20% lighter at component level than current state-of-the-art designs.

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