During the 2026 APEX Content Market in Dubai, APEX presented airlines with the APEX BestTM Entertainment awards across different categories. Winners included Emirates, Delta Air Lines, LATAM, Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, All Nippon Airways, Air India and Cathay Pacific.

Frontier Airlines faces financial pressures, with the Denver-based airline set to return 24 leased Airbus A320neos and defer 69 aircraft deliveries. The news comes off the back of the airline's fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results, which saw Frontier net a quarterly net profit of US$53 million, resulting in a net loss overall of US$137 million.

Anuvu Gaming is exhibiting as a standalone entity at the 2026 APEX Content Market, marking a shift in the company’s strategy as it focuses on the importance of games in IFE. The company also announced its first cloud-based game at the event and is looking for feedback from airlines on the viability of the product.

Southwest Airlines will swap a sizable portion of its fleet to the Starlink in-flight internet solution, and quickly. More than 300 planes are expected to fly the new system by the end of 2026. The service will remain free for Rapid Rewards members through the transition, in line with all other Starlink installs.

Air Canada today announced the next phase of its fleet modernization program with the addition of the Airbus A350-1000 wide-body aircraft. The airline will welcome eight aircraft to its fleet, and has rights to purchase eight more of the type, with deliveries scheduled to begin in the second half of 2030.

Founded by Jovita Toh in September 2024, Silk Route Entertainment exhibited at APEX Content Market for the first time this year, and is heavily focused on helping talented creators get their content seen.

Spirit Airlines, which is trying to emerge from its second bankruptcy in less than a year, has sold another 20 of its Airbus planes and is bringing 500 flight attendants back from furlough. The sale of the 20 aircraft, most of which are not in service, comes as Spirit is attempting to stabilize after years of financial struggles that have executives fighting to keep the carrier alive.

Aircraft interiors specialist ACS UK has secured two significant new contracts with tier-one global airlines, marking a strong return to market just months after reopening its order book. Signalling strong market demand for its services, the agreements cover the design and manufacture of bespoke, customized monuments for wide-body aircraft.