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Play Europe
Malta
Fleet
Added model A20N
2025 Dec 08
Airline
Allegiant Air
United States
Status
Merger Sun Country Airlines
2026 Jan
Airline
Sun Country Airlines
United States
Status
Merger Allegiant Airlines
2026 Jan
Airline
JSX Air
United States
Fleet
Added model AT46
2025 Nov 13
Airline
Empire Aviation Emirates
United Emirates
Fleet
Parked model E135
2024 Jan
Airline
Sin-Kung Airways
Malaysia
Intent
Launch B734F operations
2026 Jan
Airline
Croatia Airlines
Croatia
Intent
Retire model A319 A320
2026
Airline
Bearskin Airlines
Canada
Fleet
Added DHC8
2026 Jan 05
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Aircraft Operator
Avion Express Lithuania
Lithuania
Flight Provider
FlyBondi
Argentina
Start
A320ceo
2026 Jan 10
Aircraft Operator
Avion Express Lithuania
Lithuania
Flight Provider
FlyBondi
Argentina
Start
A320ceo
2026 Jan 09
Aircraft Operator
Avion Express Lithuania
Lithuania
Flight Provider
FlyBondi
Argentina
Start
A320ceo
2026 Jan 09
Aircraft Operator
SKYhigh Dominicana
Dominican
Flight Provider
Cubana
Cuba
Start
E190
2026 Jan 08
Aircraft Operator
Freebird Airlines Turkiye
Turkiye
Flight Provider
IndiGo
India
Start
A320ceo
2026 Jan 07
Aircraft Operator
Freebird Airlines Turkiye
Turkiye
Flight Provider
IndiGo
India
Start
A320ceo
2026 Jan 07
Aircraft Operator
Freebird Airlines Turkiye
Turkiye
Flight Provider
IndiGo
India
Start
A320ceo
2026 Jan 07
Aircraft Operator
Freebird Airlines Turkiye
Turkiye
Flight Provider
IndiGo
India
Start
A320ceo
2026 Jan 07
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Markets
Top Ten Airlines by frequency 2026 Jan
2026 Jan 11
For 2026 Jan, top 10 airlines by frequency: AA American 183k +2.7%, DL Delta 142k +2.6%, UA United 140k +3.1%, WN Southwest 106k -1.3%, MU China Eastern 72k -6.9%, FR Ryanair 71k +3.1%, CZ China Southern 71k +0.7%, 6E Indigo 69k +0.3%, LA Latam 53k +6.7%, CA Air China 53k +3.2%.
Frontiers
Africa’s largest airport
2026 Jan 10
Ethiopian Airlines started building Bishoftu International Airport, located SE of Addis in Bishoftu; Phase One completion planned 2030 for capacity 60m pax; airport space to park 270 aircraft with full capacity for 110m pax annually; ADD airport to reach 25m capacity limit in 2-3 yrs.
Frontiers
Travel for experience not spectacle
2026 Jan 10
Macro shift reshaping travel from visual consumption to participating experience, with pax aim to extend hobby into community, replace status with resonance, redefine luxury from rare to meaningful; primary choice ‘what to do, followed by ‘where to go’, finally ‘which brand to use’.
Frontiers
A380 platform evolution
2026 Jan 10
A380 operator focus evolved from seat capacity to premium products, enhanced by fuselage size providing smoother quieter ride along with onboard sense of ‘open interior’, to thrive as niche platform on routes with consistent premium heavy demand vs as mass market hub platform.
Markets
Builder brief: Rolls-Royce
2026 Jan 10
Rolls-Royce, 1904-Present, United Kingdom, www.rolls-royce.com, builder engines; turboprops AE Dart thrust SL 1,220-3,096 kW applications A748 CV58 CV5X L100 LM10 SB20 and turbofans BR RB211 Tay Trent SL thrust 33-430 kN applications A330 A340 A350 A380 B717 B757 B767 B777 B787 EJET FK70 FK1X.
Forecasts
Smaller box ships dominate new build orders
2026 Jan 09
New builds for mid-size and feeder ships continue to dominate orders for container ship builders, replacing older ships with deliveries available 2027-2028.
Markets
Trade lanes WestAfrica - LatinAmerica
2026 Jan 09
New corridor forming between WestAfrica and LatinAmerica representing bright spot in container shipping, with volumes in both directions surging over past 10-mos.
First B737-800 combi
2026 Jan 09
KF Aerospace STC approved by Transport Canada for converted B738M to enter service with Air Inuit; combi with forward AEI built SF cargo door and five pallet positions plus IAI re-built 90-seat aft cabin.
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