Bookmark this story
Europe   Airports   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management  
Aviation Source • Len Varley

European airports report record July traffic as Istanbul overtakes Heathrow

Summer demand pushed several European gateways to historic highs in July 2026: Istanbul handled 8.15 million passengers, surpassing Heathrow’s 7.9 million, while Dublin reached 3.84 million, Stansted 3.1 million and Heathrow recorded its busiest day of the year with 267,000 travelers.

Travel Radar • Zoe Weyrauch-Gosling

Dublin Airport Sets New July Record with 3.8M Travellers

2026-08-11T23:12:12.464069-07:00
Middle East   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines  
Bookmark this story
FlightGlobal • Alfred Chua

Thai Airways second-quarter profit shrinks on fuel cost pressures

By FlightGlobal: Despite reducing operations during the April-June quarter, Thai's passenger revenues were up year on year. Thai Airways International saw quarterly profits plunge on the back of higher fuel costs, as the national carrier warned that continued uncertainty in the Middle East remains a “primary risk”.

2026-08-11T21:35:33.909016-07:00
Frequent-flyer programs   M&A   Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Air Canada   Airlines  
Bookmark this story
Bloomberg • Stephanie Hughes, Thomas Seal

Blackstone Leads $1.8 Billion Air Canada Loyalty Plan Stake Deal

By Bloomberg: Blackstone Inc. and a group of Canadian pension funds are buying a 25% stake in Air Canada’s Aeroplan loyalty program for C$2.5 billion ($1.8 billion).

Also: CAPA, CAPA and loyaltylobby.com
2026-08-11T15:20:36.028504-07:00
Europe   Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation   Aircraft Finance & Leasing   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   airBaltic   Airbus   Airlines  
Bookmark this story
FlightGlobal • Graham Dunn

Air Baltic to reduce A220 fleet under new business plan

By FlightGlobal: Latvian carrier envisages a long-term fleet of around 40 A220-300s as it works on €225m interim recapitalisation. Air Baltic is to cut its fleet to around 40 Airbus A220-300s under a new long-term strategic plan, supported by moves for an initial interim €225 million ($260 million) recapitalisation.

Also: Air Data News, Aviation24, Bloomberg, AeroTime, airwaysmag.com, Aviation Week, Airline Economics, Aviation24 and aviator.aero
2026-08-11T06:35:55.747652-07:00