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With the war in Iran reaching its two month mark, airlines are pivoting quickly to make pricing adjustments and monitoring capacity as oil prices hit new highs.

For decades, the airline business was built around a relatively simple proposition: transport passengers safely and efficiently from one destination to another. But with industry net margins still structurally thin and operational costs continuing to rise, that model is no longer sufficient to sustain long-term profitability.

AirAsia's decision to order 150 Airbus A220-300s marks one of the most strategically important developments for the programme since airBaltic transformed the aircraft from a niche regional jet into a globally recognised narrowbody success story.

At the Apr-2026 CAPA Airline Leader Summit - Airlines in Transition conference the CEO of Germany's fourth largest air carrier, Condor, made a telling point about Düsseldorf Airport, which serves the Rhine-Ruhr region, the biggest industrial area of Germany and one that has the largest population, almost twice that of Berlin.

Analysis from Oxford Economics suggests that geopolitical shocks are no longer reliable triggers of global economic downturns, with modern economies demonstrating increasing resilience.

Fifteen years after its entry into service, the Boeing 787 continues to act as a barometer for wider cabin innovation trends, even amid a volatile macro environment.

The outlook for the 2026 Northern Hemisphere summer travel season reflects a market that remains resilient in intent, yet increasingly adaptive in behaviour.

Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport is one of a very small, select number of inner city STOLports (short take-off and landing) situated close to the centre of large cities and usually handling a large proportion of business travellers.

Jet2.com is to add three new summer routes from the UK to Paris CDG to its long-running Leeds Bradford service to the French capital. The low cost/leisure airline will operate the three new services - from East Midlands, London Stansted and Manchester - between late Mar-2027 and late Oct-2027.

The collapse of Spirit Airlines marks the end of one of the most recognisable ultra-low-cost operators in the United States, but it should not be mistaken for a broader failure of the low-cost model itself.