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An order-to-delivery-to-schedule pipeline stretching across years, framing the Farnborough 2026 airshow, in Active Flights brand cyan on near-black.
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Farnborough 2026: the order wave — and the schedule that has to absorb it

The Farnborough International Airshow (20–24 July 2026) will book billions in new aircraft orders. Those orders land on a backlog already stretching a decade — which means the real work happens later, in the schedule.

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A chart showing demand dipping while load factor holds at a record, with regional divergence bars, in Active Flights brand blue on near-black.
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Softer demand, fuller planes: reading IATA's mid-2026 numbers

In May 2026 global air travel demand actually fell year-on-year — yet load factors hit a record for the month. That apparent contradiction says a lot about how tight, and how regional, the 2026 network has become.

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High-frequency short-hop eVTOL rotations packed densely across a day next to sparser conventional flights, in Active Flights brand violet on near-black.
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Advanced Air Mobility is coming to the schedule

eVTOL aircraft are moving from concept to the airshow flight line. When electric air taxis start operating at scale, they'll bring a scheduling problem that looks familiar — just faster, denser, and newer.

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A bar comparing sustainable aviation fuel price against conventional jet fuel, beside a ramp of blend mandates rising to 2050, in Active Flights brand emerald on near-black.
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SAF and the permanent fuel premium: what ReFuelEU is changing in 2026

Europe's SAF mandate is ramping, sustainable fuel still costs three to four times conventional jet fuel, and supply sits at a handful of airports. That combination is quietly reshaping network economics — and adding another airport-level dataset to the schedule.

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Legacy PNR, e-ticket and EMD records giving way to a single ONE Order, both resting on a constant schedule foundation, in Active Flights brand amber on near-black.
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Offers, orders, and the schedule underneath: airline retailing in 2026

The industry is slowly replacing the PNR/e-ticket/EMD trio with NDC offers and ONE Order. It's a real modernization of how flights are sold — but it doesn't change what everything is sold on top of: the schedule.

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