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| NOVEMBER 9, 2026 | FORT WORTH, TEXAS |
What’s Inside
- Qantas will link Sydney and Cape Town nonstop
- Inside Aerolíneas Argentinas’ network and its busiest city pairs
- Mumbai’s summer 2027 slot dispute with Gulf carriers
- September passenger totals at 140 airports across India
- The FAA’s first digital towers go live in Florida and Alaska
Route Intelligence Report
New and Proposed Routes
Qantas (QF) will launch the first nonstop route between Australia and Cape Town, South Africa (CPT), on October 19, 2027. Flight QF89 from Sydney (SYD) is already on sale. Boeing 787-9s will fly Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays through March 24, 2028, for the Southern Hemisphere summer.
United Airlines (UA) will launch San Francisco (SFO) to Jacksonville, Fla. (JAX), 2x weekly from March 29, 2027. It will also resume daily Houston Intercontinental (IAH) to Chihuahua, Mexico (CUU), service on March 28, with GoJet Airlines (G7) operating 50-seat CRJ550s.
Avelo Airlines (XP) will add 2x weekly flights between Albany, N.Y. (ALB), and Lakeland, Fla. (LAL), in early January 2027. The route spans 1,118 miles.
Dropped and Suspended Routes
Air France (AF) is ending its winter service from Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) to Manila (MNL) about three months early. The Airbus A350-900 flights, scheduled 3x weekly, will end January 30 from Paris and January 31 from Manila, 2027. The previous schedule ran through May 2 and 3, respectively.
Network Analysis | Aerolíneas Argentinas
Aerolíneas Argentinas (AR) has two airports in Buenos Aires, and November’s numbers show how differently it uses them. Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (AEP) handles most of the flying, from short domestic hops to São Paulo and Santiago. Ezeiza (EZE) handles the long-haul routes and adds domestic capacity on many of the same city pairs. Put the two airports together and Córdoba and Bariloche are separated by just 208 seats, even though Córdoba gets 97 more flights.
For November 2026, the airline has 9,330 planned nonstop flight legs and 1,357,152 available seats across 58 airports. Its top two city pairs, Buenos Aires-Córdoba and Buenos Aires-Bariloche, offer 95,664 and 95,456 seats, respectively. Córdoba gets 659 flights and Bariloche gets 562, so larger aircraft bring Bariloche nearly even on seats.
The full analysis in Flightline Pro ranks the top 10 city pairs by seats and flights and breaks down the carrier’s international network, routes that bypass Buenos Aires, and capacity by aircraft type.
Fleet Intelligence
LATEST AIRCRAFT DELIVERIES
🇦🇿 4K-AZ146, a Boeing 787-8, was delivered to AZAL Azerbaijan Airlines (J2) on 5 Nov.
🇫🇷 F-HOZJ, an Airbus A220-300, was delivered to Air France on 6 Nov.
🇧🇷 PS-LTC, an Embraer E195-E2, was delivered to LATAM Airlines Brasil (JJ) on 5 Nov.
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Aviation Industry News
Mumbai, India (BOM), told carriers serving 14 international destinations it could not accommodate their requested summer 2027 slots while Terminal 1B is redeveloped. The airport expects the work to cut annual capacity by five million passengers and says it will restore historic slots once Terminal 2 expands. Air India (AI), IndiGo and Akasa Air (QP) agreed to move some international flights to Navi Mumbai in phases beginning in December 2026. Gulf carriers objected, saying they were left out of the decision, and the Airline Operators’ Committee asked India’s Civil Aviation Ministry to intervene.
Air India has talked with Airbus and Boeing about buying more widebodies as it looks to expand overseas. CEO Tewolde Gebremariam gave no target for the size of an order. The talks come as Air India works through cabin retrofits on 26 older Boeing 787-8s, adding premium economy. Singapore Airlines, which owns 25 percent of Air India Group, disclosed that the group lost S$3.56 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31.
Aircraft arriving at Chicago O’Hare (ORD) averaged 20 minutes from touchdown to gate from January through August, the longest among major U.S. airports in the Chicago Tribune’s analysis of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) data. Departures averaged more than 28 minutes from pushback to takeoff, second to New York Kennedy. At Chicago Midway (MDW), arrivals averaged under five minutes and departures just over 15. Chicago’s aviation department says the runway and taxiway work most likely to affect taxi times is complete, though some aircraft still have to go around the future Concourse D.
Air Cargo
Emirates SkyCargo’s revenue rose 52 percent in the first half of its 2026-27 fiscal year even as freight volume dipped 1 percent to 1.24 million tonnes. The Gulf conflict squeezed air cargo capacity, while disruptions to ocean shipping pushed some freight into the air. SkyCargo added five new Boeing 777 freighters during the half and put its first converted freighter into service.
Aviation Safety & Security
The FAA says the first U.S. digital air traffic control towers are operating at Bartow Executive Airport in Florida (BOW) and Kenai Municipal Airport in Alaska (ENA). Cameras feed panoramic views of runways, taxiways and nearby airspace to screens used by controllers. The FAA plans to deploy the systems next at five airports that currently lack towers, including Winter Haven and Venice in Florida, Montgomery County Airpark in Maryland, Johnston Regional in North Carolina and Durango-La Plata County in Colorado.
Philadelphia (PHL) became the first airport to use U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) updated Global Entry arrival process on October 13. Cameras verify members’ identities and enrollment as they enter the processing area, replacing the self-service kiosks. CBP expects to expand the system to as many as 38 terminals at 30 high-volume airports, including some preclearance locations. Members can still use the Trusted Traveler app to report their arrival and submit a customs declaration at participating locations.
Airport Traffic
🇮🇳 September 2026 Passenger Traffic Totals at Indian Airports
Flightline Pro has the September 2026 passenger totals for around 140 airports across India.
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| Airline & Airport Operator Stock Prices Friday Closing Prices | November 6, 2026 | USD | |||
| AAL American $13.18 | AERO Aeroméxico $16.44 | ALGT Allegiant $91.97 | ALK Alaska $38.94 |
| BA Boeing $173.40 | CPA Copa $142.80 | DAL Delta $87.20 | EMBJ Embraer $74.08 |
| JBLU JetBlue $3.67 | LTM LATAM $47.67 | LUV Southwest $44.45 | RJET Republic $20.15 |
| RYAAY Ryanair $59.30 | SKYW SkyWest $79.38 | UAL United $112.74 | ULCC Frontier $7.43 |
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| Global Currency Exchange Rates $1 USD Equals | November 6, 2026 | ECB Reference Rates | |||
| EUR Euro 0.8957 | GBP British Pound 0.7471 | MXN Mexican Peso 18.7038 | CAD Canadian Dollar 1.4066 |
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★ The full Aerolíneas Argentinas analysis
See the top 10 city pairs with seat and flight totals, how Aeroparque and Ezeiza split the flying, which routes bypass Buenos Aires, and what each aircraft type contributes.
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Read about the Israir-Arkia talks, IAG and Emirates Group results, the rising cost of 737 freighter engines, and the NTSB’s findings on Southwest Flight 746.
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Get September passenger totals for around 140 Indian airports and the daily U.S. passenger count comparison for 2026 and 2025.
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