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2026 Jan 22

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Airlines long-haul flights

2026 Jan 22

Airline long-haul roundtrip flights 2026 H1: UA United 50k, EK Emirates 49k, QR Qatar 38k, DL Delta 37k, BA British 34k, AA American 30k, AF Air France 27k, TK Turkish 27k, LH Lufthansa 22k, EY Etihad 22k.

Markets

Aviation Global Leaders podcast: Industry ratings

2026 Jan 22

Airline Economics aviationnews-online.com podcast: Betsy Snyder, industry ratings expert, interview by James Kelly head of Aviation Finance at KPMG.

Frontiers

Urgent medical samples via drone

2026 Jan 22

In London, drones delivering pathology samples between health centre and laboratory, reducing delivery times by up to 85%, flown by Wing drones with 750k+ commercial deliveries worldwide.

Frontiers

Premium class suites with sliding doors

2026 Jan 22

Premium class suites with sliding doors evolving as standard on long-haul flights, demonstrated as latest Airbus A350-1000 Airspace concept.

Forecasts

Consolidation as 2026 theme

2026 Jan 22

PwC Global Aviation Finance Outlook 2026 cites additional M&A activity in aircraft leasing sector, making consolidation key theme for year, characterised by more regular aircraft delivery and trading.

Frontiers

New air traffic control system

2026 Jan 22

US FAA developing new ATC system contemplating 50k daily flights with fewer enroute handoffs and airspace users re-focusing on landing, aimed for top of descent mark relative to runway constraints.

Markets

Webinar: Data governance

2026 Jan 22

Cirium cirium.com webinar: Data Governance 101: Aviation Foundations, complimentary: 2026 Mar 11 Wed UT 1400.

Frontiers

Airbus’s A380 test bird

2026 Jan 22

Airbus modifying ex-MH A380 into FlightLab transformation as flying testbed to evaluate next gen narrowbody engines from 2029, starting with CFM RISE open-fan.

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