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A profit bar cut nearly in half — the December $41B forecast beside a shorter $23B revised bar, the missing top shaded as fuel — with 'jet fuel $90 to $152 per barrel' below, on an Active Flights blog card.

Industry & Markets17 Jul 20265 min read

The 2026 fuel shock: airline profits halve, and the schedule becomes the margin defense

IATA now sees 2026 industry net profit at $23B — roughly half of last year — as jet fuel jumps from $90 to $152 a barrel. Demand is still strong and carriers are beating estimates. For investors, the gap between the two is the whole story.

Tall bars for AI, biometrics and cybersecurity spend rising above a thin, glowing schedule-data foundation bar, on an Active Flights blog card.

Industry & Markets2 Jul 20264 min read

Where aviation's software dollars go in 2026 — and the foundation underneath them

Airlines and airports are set to spend around $46B on IT, with AI everywhere. Almost none of it targets the schedule-data layer every operation runs on. For investors, that gap is the interesting part.

A load-factor gauge filled to 83.8% beside a grid of mostly-occupied seats, on an Active Flights blog card.

Industry & Markets16 Jun 20264 min read

The 2026 capacity squeeze: fuller planes, thinner margins, and the pressure on schedule data

Airlines are flying at record load factors on a ~3.9% net margin while new aircraft stay scarce. When every seat counts this much, the schedule is where efficiency is won or lost.

Value drivers of a schedule-data platform stacked into a durable base — recurring demand, low marginal cost, switching cost, foundation position, on an Active Flights blog card.

Industry & Markets5 Jun 20262 min read

What a schedule-data platform is worth: the economics of a foundational tool

Recurring need, near-zero marginal cost, high switching cost, and a position under the whole stack. The unit economics of a foundational schedule-data tool are quietly attractive — here's the shape of them.

A layered airline software stack — passenger, commercial, operational — sitting on a highlighted schedule-data foundation, on an Active Flights blog card.

Industry & Markets28 May 20263 min read

The airline software stack — and where schedule data sits in it

Airline technology is a layered stack, from passenger apps at the top to the data that everything runs on at the bottom. Schedule data is that bottom layer — and it's the least-invested-in part of the whole thing.

A broad horizontal software market contrasted with a deep, narrow vertical wedge into aviation, on an Active Flights blog card.

Industry & Markets5 May 20262 min read

The case for vertical SaaS in aviation

Horizontal software is a knife fight. The durable value increasingly sits in vertical SaaS — deep, domain-specific tools for industries with real complexity. Aviation, and its schedule-data layer in particular, is a textbook example.