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Airline
Kobio Aviation
Papua New Guinea
Status
New airline Active
2022
Airline
ETF Airways
Croatia
Status
New owner Stjepan Bedić, Marko Banković & Dragan Stefanovski
2025 Jul
Airline
Royal Air Philippines
Philippines
Fleet
Added model A321 P2F
2025 Jul 08
Airline
China Eastern Airlines
China
Intent
New model B78X
2026
Airline
FlyGuinea
Guinea
Intent
Launch Operations
2026 Q2
Airline
FlyGuinea
Guinea
Intent
New model E170 or E190
2026 Q2
Airline
Croatia Airlines
Croatia
Intent
Retire model A320
2026 Q1
Airline
FlyGuinea
Guinea
Status
New airline Startup
2025
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Lion Air
Indonesia
Flight Provider
flynas
Saudi Arabia
Start
A330-900
2025 Jul 10
Aircraft Operator
4 Airways
Malta
Flight Provider
Arkia Israeli Airlines
Israel
Start
B737-400
2025 Jul 07
Aircraft Operator
Avion Express Lithuania
Lithuania
Flight Provider
Tunisair
Tunisia
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 06
Aircraft Operator
Africa Charter Airline
South Africa
Flight Provider
BidAir Cargo
South Africa
Start
B737-400
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator
Fly2Sky
Bulgaria
Flight Provider
SkyUp Europe
Malta
Start
A321ceo
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator
Heston Airlines
Lithuania
Flight Provider
Valletta Airlines
Malta
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator
Windrose Air
Ukraine
Flight Provider
VAN Air Europe
Czechia
Start
A319ceo
2025 Jul 04
Aircraft Operator
4 Airways
Malta
Flight Provider
Electra Airways
Bulgaria
Start
B737-400
2025 Jul 02
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Comac production
2025 Jul 09
Comac plans annual output of 75 C919 rising to 200 C919 by 2029, addressing 1,000+ unit backlog. Deliveries re-start of Leap-1C engine for C919 and CF34 engine for C909 confirmed on Jul 03.
Markets
Airbus deliveries
2025 Jul 09
Airbus delivered 63 commercial aircraft in 2025 Jun including 12 A220, 20 A20N, 23 A21N, 1 A332, 2 A339, 5 A350, totaling 306 aircraft for first half of year.
Markets
Boeing deliveries
2025 Jul 09
Boeing deliveries Boeing delivered 60 commercial aircraft in 2025 Jun including 42 B737, 5 B767, 4 B777, 9 B787, totaling 280 aircraft for first half of year. Monthly production aimed for 38 B737, 3 B767, 4 B777, 8 B787.
Forecasts
IFE ancilliary experience
2025 Jul 08
Industry size of InFlight Entertainment systems expected to reach $6.6b by 2030, as movement towards high-speed satellite Wi-Fi onboard re-shapes perspectives on IFE; airline control of passenger entertainment experience to open new opportunities for ancillary revenue through integration of advertising, e-commerce, loyalty.
Forecasts
Embraer deliveries 2025
2025 Jul 08
Embraer’s full-year 2025 estimates for Commercial Aviation deliveries between 77 and 85 aircraft, with mid-point indicating +10% YoY; 19 aircraft delivered 2025 Q2, same quantity as 2024 Q2.
Markets
Africa global trade
2025 Jul 08
Morocco positioning as near-shoring hub for Europe, also early signs of supply chain shifts with Africa manufacturing as part of broader trend towards global diversification; also, Africa countries increasing volume of digital sourcing with Asia.
Markets
Seat class pricing
2025 Jul 08
Airline revenue managers tend to set prices based on available seats in same class; as seat class availability goes down, price of remaining seats in same class normally goes up; sometimes, pricing crosses classes creating bargains, for instance, high seat price when few available economy seats, and low seat price when many available business seats.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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