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Airline Weekly • Gordon Smith; Jay Shabat

Airline Weekly's top trends for 2025: surprise partnerships, profit pockets and shifting demand

Airline Weekly's Top Trends of 2025 identifies unexpected commercial partnerships, emerging profit pockets and shifting travel demand that are reshaping network planning, route partnerships and revenue strategies across global carriers. The roundup flags how premium demand, ancillary growth and capacity constraints will drive strategic choices through the year.

2025-12-21T22:03:10.270937-08:00

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Volotea to open Montpellier base in early November 2026, stationing one aircraft

By ch-aviation: Volotea (V7, Barcelona El Prat) will open a new base at Montpellier in France in early November 2026. The Spanish low-cost carrier plans to station a single...

2025-12-21T21:12:59.226774-08:00

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Reuters • Jack Kim

South Korea parliament approves independent probe into December 2024 Jeju Air crash that killed 179

By Reuters: South Korea's parliament passed a bill on Monday to launch an independent probe into the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people in the deadliest air disaster on the country's soil.

2025-12-21T19:04:49.984614-08:00

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ch-aviation • CH-Aviation Staff

India's competition watchdog to probe IndiGo after thousands of flight cancellations

By ch-aviation: The Competition Commission of India says it will investigate the events that led to IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi International) cancelling thousands of flights...

2025-12-21T19:08:17.087650-08:00

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Bloomberg • Kate Duffy; Lizzy Burden

British Airways Owner Sees Challenge With Minority Stake in TAP

By Bloomberg: IAG SA has warned that owning a minority stake in TAP SA will present a challenge for the British Airways parent, which would prefer majority ownership to lift the Portuguese airline’s margins.

2025-12-21T20:03:04.605421-08:00

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ch-aviation • CH-Aviation Staff

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways secures $195m loan as buyout advances

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2025-12-21T19:49:21.857125-08:00

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Simple Flying • Luke Bodell

Aer Lingus A321XLR Suffers Severe Landing-Gear Damage After 3.3G Hard Landing in Dublin; Complete Gear Replacement Reported

By Simple Flying: The aircraft will reportedly need a complete landing gear replacement.

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2025-12-21T08:24:48.218034-08:00

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ch-aviation • CH-Aviation Staff

US group Air T completes takeover of insolvent Australian regional carrier Rex, becoming 100% owner

By ch-aviation: American aviation holding company Air T closed the acquisition of Rex - Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) on December 18, and is now the 100% owner of the insolvent...

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Air T completes acquisition of Rex Airlines; provides AUD50m credit facility to support carrier

2025-12-21T16:05:52.206411-08:00

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Airline Weekly's top trends for 2025: surprise partnerships, profit pockets and shifting demand

Volotea to open Montpellier base in early November 2026, stationing one aircraft

South Korea parliament approves independent probe into December 2024 Jeju Air crash that killed 179

India's competition watchdog to probe IndiGo after thousands of flight cancellations

British Airways Owner Sees Challenge With Minority Stake in TAP

Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways secures $195m loan as buyout advances

Aer Lingus A321XLR Suffers Severe Landing-Gear Damage After 3.3G Hard Landing in Dublin; Complete Gear Replacement Reported

US group Air T completes takeover of insolvent Australian regional carrier Rex, becoming 100% owner

Air T completes acquisition of Rex Airlines; provides AUD50m credit facility to support carrier

Airline Weekly's Top Trends of 2025