Orders   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management   Sustainability & Climate Initiatives  
IATA

IATA LTDP: Global air passenger demand to more than double by 2050

IATA's Long‑Term Demand Projections show global air passenger demand will more than double by 2050, reaching roughly 20.8 trillion RPK, with growth increasingly concentrated in emerging markets — pressuring fleet orders, airport capacity, supply chains, MRO and decarbonization planning.

Also: Airline Economics, vectorban.aero and newsaero.info
2026-03-17T03:20:01.885649-07:00
TSA   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Policy & Regulation   Airlines   Delta Air Lines  
Reuters

Delta maintains Q1 profit forecast and raises revenue outlook despite rising jet fuel costs

By Reuters: Delta Air said on Tuesday it expects first-quarter profit within its initial forecast range but raised its revenue expectations on strong demand, amid high jet fuel prices due to the conflict in the Middle East.

Also: Bloomberg, Airline Economics, CTV News, Seeking Alpha, stocktwits.com and Seeking Alpha
2026-03-17T04:20:04.414305-07:00
North America   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Policy & Regulation   Airlines  
Cranky Flier

Biden-era Rules Improve U.S. Airline Data Access as Cirium Publishes First Dataset

By Cranky Flier: One thing that’s relatively unique about the US airline industry is that there is good access to data thanks to the government’s filing requirements. This has recently gotten even better as new regulations from the Biden/Buttigieg era have gone into effect.

2026-03-17T04:00:14.885217-07:00