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WHAT'S NEXT?: More than half of the expected new passengers over the next two decades will originate from China, which will displace the US as the world's largest aviation market by around 2029. More than half of the expected new passengers over the next two decades will originate from China, which will displace the US as the world's largest aviation market by around 2029. Sales of consumer and prosumer drones are soaring and the Federal Aviation Authority forecasts there will be more than 1.3 million licensed drone pilots by 2020 in the U.S. alone.

• [New] EPIC Fuels, a Signature Aviation company, will supply 2.5 million gallons from Neste, and Avfuel will provide 1.5 million gallons of blended SAF from Neste. MediaRoom
• [New] The UK's third largest airline has purchased approximately 650 tonnes of SAF from Shell Aviation, which will be used to add a 1% SAF blend onto a number of departing flights from London Stansted in 2024. Airline Suppliers
• [New] To facilitate service expansion to new destinations, CMA CGM AIR CARGO will take delivery of two Boeing B777 - 200 F aircraft in 2024. AviTrader Publications Corp.
• [New] Ukraine will need a combination of air defence systems and fighter aircraft to defeat the Russian aviation threat. Institute for the Study of War
• [New] The Air Force will award more contracts for Collaborative Combat Aircraft in the coming months and is committed to fielding the autonomous unmanned jets within the next few years. Air & Space Forces Magazine
• [New] In February, Washington said it will allow Chinese airlines to further increase their direct passenger flights to the United States, in an effort to gradually restore aviation services that had been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. CNN
• [New] Hungarian budget airline Wizz Air has announced plans to run 10% of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel by 2030, and it is turning to U.K.-based biofuel company Firefly, which turns sewage sludge into jet fuel, to make it happen. Fortune Europe
• [New] When operational, the proposed Alcohol-to-Jet facility would produce about 100 million liters of sustainable aviation fuel per year, around 10% of the sustainable aviation fuel that the UK plans to use by 2030. Business News Wales
• [New] Japanese industrial multinational Toray Industries has been granted ¥4.1bn for the second research project, which aims to develop core technologies that will allow the use of hydrogen fuel cells on much bigger aircraft of 80 seats or more. Hydrogen news and intelligence | Hydrogen Insight
• [New] Firefly have made an agreement with Wizz Air to produce 525,000 tonnes of Saf over the next fifteen years and Anglian Water will provide biosolids for an initial pilot. London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
• [New] Firefly will make sustainable aviation fuel at a factory in Harwich and will produce the fuel for aircraft by 2028. London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
• [New] Ukrainian defences have adapted to counter the Kh-101 threat, successfully intercepting many missiles through advanced air defence systems and even portable anti-aircraft missile systems. Army Recognition
• [New] The Netherlands lost a case about delivering F-35 fighter planes that would operate in Gaza, because of the risk of them being used in war crimes. Al Jazeera
• [New] After another attack by Ukrainian drones on at least four Russian airbases, the Russians could lose more than a dozen planes and fighter jets. Ukrinform
• Spirit Airlines is deferring all aircraft on order from Airbus that were scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2025 through the end of 2026. Yahoo News
• Asia Pacific is expected to witness the highest CAGR during the forecast period, driven by increasing air passenger traffic, rising disposable incomes, and government initiatives to modernize aviation infrastructure and promote indigenous aircraft manufacturing capabilities. IPS Inter Press Service Business
• Spirit said Monday its agreement with the European plane maker will defer all aircraft on order for 2025 through 2026 to between 2030 and 2031, which would improve its liquidity by $340 million over the next two years. MarketScreener
• Spirit Airlines reached an agreement with Airbus to defer all aircraft on order that are scheduled to be delivered in 2025 to 2030. MarketScreener
• $307 million over 20 years for airborne early warning aircraft that will vastly improve Canada's ability to detect, track, and prioritize airborne threats sooner, ensuring a faster, better coordinated response with the United States when required. Prime Minister of Canada
• The federal government will establish a network of northern operational support hubs, buy a fleet of airborne early warning aircraft, deploy underwater sensors on all three coasts, build a satellite ground station in the High Arctic and enhance Canada's foreign intelligence capabilities. Eye on the Arctic
• Spirit Airlines has struck a deal with Airbus to postpone the delivery of all aircraft slated for the second quarter of 2025 through the end of 2026 to the period between 2030 and 2031. AviTrader Publications Corp.
• Zelensky cautioned that the arrival of all promised F-16 fighter jets from Ukraine's Western partners in 2024 will provide Ukraine with only 10% of the fighter aircraft Ukraine would need to completely defeat Russian aviation and restore Ukraine's ability to operate effectively in the air domain. Institute for the Study of War
• Clean energy developer Solarig announced today that it will develop a new sustainable aviation fuel plant in Spain, with a production capacity of 60,000 tonnes (approximately 75 million liters) of SAF per year. Global Flow Control

Last updated: 21 April 2024