Qatar Airways became the 13th airline to join oneworld in October, making it the first of the major Gulf carriers to join a global alliance. In a signing ceremony in Doha, Qatar Airways’ CEO Akbar Al Baker said oneworld membership was a win for the alliance, for Qatar and for the carrier’s customers.

When Peter Davies joined Air Malta in March 2011, the airline was technically insolvent and in dire need of a rescue loan, which the European Commission had just approved. Drawing on his experience as CEO of UK regional Air Southwest, Caribbean Airlines and SN Brussels Airlines, Davies has already made significant headway in narrowing Air Malta’s losses.

Dick Henson will always be remembered as an airline pioneer and entrepreneur. He started with one route from Hagerstown, Maryland to Washington, DC in 1962 with Beech 18s.

IAG CEO Willie Walsh comments on Richard Anderson and Michael O'Leary

United Air Lines Press Release, March 1968:

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The airline industry faces challenges from rising fuel costs and pending regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced biofuels can help the industry meet both challenges, by offering fuel at a stable price with reduced carbon emissions measured over the fuel’s production lifecycle. While there are many US federal initiatives supporting research and development of advanced biofuels, no program has been as successful as the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).

The US airline industry was nearing the completion of a major transformation that would allow it to become more attractive to the investment community and more stable for its employees and other stakeholders. That plan, however, may be in jeopardy now that the US Dept. of Justice has brought a suit, to be heard in court Nov. 25, to block the merger between American Airlines and US Airways.