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CVsky
Cape Verde
Status
New airline Startup
2024
Airline
CVsky
Cape Verde
Intent
New model AT76
2025 Oct
Airline
Sun PhuQuoc Airways
Vietnam
Fleet
Added model A21N
2025 Jul
Airline
Tajik Air
Tajikistan
Intent
Restart Operations
2025
Airline
Air Arabia Saudi
Saudi ArabiaStatus
New airline Startup
2025
Airline
Tajik Air
Tajikistan
Fleet
Acquired B752 B735
2025
Airline
Parata Air
South Korea
Intent
New model A332
2025 Jul 27
Airline
Air Burkina
Burkina Faso
Intent
Add capacity GMS B733
2025 Jul
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
Avion Express Malta
Malta
Flight Provider
Tunisair
Tunisia
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 27
Aircraft Operator
Avion Express Malta
Malta
Flight Provider
Transavia Netherlands
Netherlands
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 25
Aircraft Operator
Heston Airlines
Lithuania
Flight Provider
Wizz Air Hungary
Hungary
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 25
Aircraft Operator
Smartlynx Airlines Latvia
Latvia
Flight Provider
Arkia Israeli Airlines
Israel
Start
A321ceo
2025 Jul 23
Aircraft Operator
Legend Airlines
Romania
Flight Provider
Air Algerie
Algeria
Start
A340-300
2025 Jul 22
Aircraft Operator
SmartLynx Estonia
Estonia
Flight Provider
Vietnam Airlines
Vietnam
Start
A320ceo
2025 Jul 21
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Aircraft lease rates
2025 Jul 31
Predictable lease rates on path to more stability with focus on certain aircraft/engine combinations in relatively normal market conditions vs higher rates during 2022-2024 traffic rise, following lower rates during 2020-2022 traffic fall.
Markets
Vertical stablizer tail
2025 Jul 31
Vertical tail larger than necessary for normal flight - resulting in more drag and fuel use, precisely sized to handle rare worst-case scenarios like cross-wind takeoffs with one engine out.
Markets
Cargo traffic and market share
2025 Jul 31
IATA reports 2025 Jun YoY cargo demand CTK +0.8% (international +1.6%) and capacity ACTK +1.7% (international +2.8%); regional CTK ATCK: AFR +3.9% +6.2% ASIAPAC +9.0% +7.8%, EUR +0.8% +2.6%, SAMCAR +3.5% +0.4%, MID -3.2% +1.5%, NAM -8.3% +5.1%; market share: AFR > ASIA 1.4%, ASIA > ASIA 7.0%, ASIA > NAM 24.4%, EUR > ASIA 20.5%, MID > ASIA 7.4%, MID > EUR 5.7%, NAM > EUR 13.3%.
Frontiers
Comac C929
2025 Jul 31
Comac C929 widebody, to compete with older tech A339 and longer range B789, planned power by AECC CJ-2000 engine, similar to GEnx Trent7000, with EIS early 2030s.
Markets
Busiest airports July
2025 Jul 31
For 2025 Jul, busiest airport by seats: Atlanta ATL 5.7m, Dubai DXB 5.3m, Chicago ORD 4.8m, Istanbul IST 4.8m, Tokyo HND 4.7m.
Frontiers
AI airline assistant
2025 Jul 31
Instead of using AI to enhance in-house airline channel, Iberia located assistant directly on AI platform, betting pax use AI platform as home screen instead of airline website to search for flights, plan trips, optimize budget, before booking directly on airline website.
Frontiers
Electric flight fuse box
2025 Jul 30
RTX engineers building backbone of future airplane’s power system, prototypes of power distribution panel and solid-state power switch – in common terms, circuit breaker; together, components to protect megawatt electrical systems expected to fly on tomorrow’s hybrid-electric and fully electric passenger jets.
Markets
Depreciation effect USD
2025 Jul 30
According to IATA, during first half of 2025, US dollar depreciation of 7% against other currencies represented savings for airlines not operating with USD; price of fuel also fell about 6%; combined savings equivalent to about 4.5% on average plus benefit of other reductions such as for aircraft payments and maintenance.
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