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Lulutai Airlines
Tonga
Fleet
Resumed DH64 flight operations
2025 Jul 23
Airline
SIM Air
CanadaFleet
Retired model AT43
2025 Jul
Airline
Liat Air
Antigua
Status
Brand change Liat Air
Immediate
Airline
Warsaw Cargo
Poland
Fleet
Added model A321 P2F
2025 July 18
Airline
Warsaw Cargo
Poland
Intent
Launch Operations
2025 Aug
Airline
Warsaw Cargo
Poland
Status
New airline Startup
2024
Airline
Asiana Airlines
South Korea
Intent
Merge into Air Incheon
2025 Jul 31
Airline
Tassili Airlines
Algeria
Status
New owner Fully purchased by Air Algerie
2025 May 27
Fleet Placements
Aircraft Operator
Southwind Airlines
Turkiye
Flight Provider
Qanot Sharq
Uzbekistan
Start
A330-200
2025 Oct 05
Aircraft Operator
Trade Air
Croatia
Flight Provider
Nouvelair Tunisie
Tunisia
Start
A320ceo
2025 Sep 06
Aircraft Operator
SmartLynx Estonia
Estonia
Flight Provider
Vietnam Airlines
Vietnam
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 21
Aircraft Operator
CemAir
South Africa
Flight Provider
Camair-Co
Cameroon
Start
CRJ200
2025 Jul 19
Aircraft Operator
Wamos Air
Spain
Flight Provider
Air Austral
Reunion
Start
A340-300
2025 Jul 19
Aircraft Operator
Hi Fly Malta
Malta
Flight Provider
Jet2
United Kingdom
Start
A330-200
2025 Jul 18
Aircraft Operator
Legend Airlines
Romania
Flight Provider
Tunisair
Tunisia
Start
A340-300
2025 Jul 18
Aircraft Operator
DAT Danish Air Transport
Denmark
Flight Provider
Arkia Israeli Airlines
Israel
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 14
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Forecasts
Pilot and Technical Outlook 2025
2025 Jul 22
Boeing anticipates industry to require nearly 2.4m new aviation pros through 2044 to meet long-term increase in air travel: 660k pilots, 710k mx techs, 1m cabin crew; 1/3 to support fleet growth and 2/3 as replacements; demand, primarily for single aisle airplanes, driven by EurAsia, China, NorthAm, with fastest 3x in South Asia and SE Asia.
Frontiers
Next gen widebody engines
2025 Jul 21
Long haul next gen widebody engines: GE9X EIS 2026 built for power with Thrust 489 kW BPR 10:1 OPR 60:1 planned for B777X, and RR UltraFan EIS 2030s built for efficiency with Thrust 378 kW BPR 15:1 OPR 70:1 planned for next gen A350.
Markets
Emissions decay rates
2025 Jul 21
Warming effects: CO2 no decay instead existing CO2 stays same adding future CO2; NOx decays about 2/3 in 50 yrs to below 20% in 100 yrs; Contrails decay about 1/2 in 50 yrs to around 25% in 100 yrs.
Markets
Airliner flight cruise
2025 Jul 21
Airliner flight cruise, while air passes plane, air forced downwards by wing to generate aircraft lift, by creating low pressure above wing and high pressure below wing, minimizing wing tip equalizing circulation via longer wingspan or larger winglets, similarly, while climb at high thrust and descent at low thrust; takeoff and landing both at low speed, curving air over wing usually with extended slats and flaps to increase air downwash.
Frontiers
New aircraft concepts
2025 Jul 21
Aim to reduce drag, largely by decreasing external surface ‘wet area’ per pax … Airbus A220-500 more pax over increased size and weight drag, Boeing TTWB lower drag by increasing wing span; Boom supersonic needle nose; JetZero BWB reducing wet area per pax by housing area inside thick wing; Boeing hybrid propulsion with less fuel; Airbus hydrogen replacing carbon fuel; Boeing NMA more pax reducing drag per pax; Boeing NLT low cost design, single or dual aisle; Comac C929 competitor A330neo B787; Airbus A35O and B787 re-engine.
Markets
Commercial flights per day
2025 Jul 21
Currently, as of 2025 Jul, more than 103,000 commercial flights per day, with global capacity of 126m seats, comprising about 43% international and 67% domestic.
Frontiers
Hybrid engine helicopter
2025 Jul 18
Sikorsky developing hybrid-electric propulsion system to increase conventional helicopter range by 30%, by transferring mechanical energy from turboshaft to rotor blades using turbogenerator to power electric prop-rotor motors.
Frontiers
Remote digital tower
2025 Jul 18
Warsaw Modlin airport plans digital control tower overseen from ops center located in Warsaw city, tasked with air traffic management at WMI airport, equipped with high-definition day-night cameras and multiateration systems for air traffic surveillance.
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