Boeing chairman, president and CEO Dennis Muilenburg has named Kevin G. McAllister president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, succeeding company vice chairman Ray Conner in that role.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA)has announced that Muhammad Ali Albakri will join IATA as regional vice president for Africa and the Middle East (AME).

Dr Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu was re-elected by acclamation today for a second three-year term as President of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Sharjah-based Volga-Dnepr Gulf will perform base maintenance services on five of Russia’s UTair Aviation’s Boeing 737s in 2016.

Mexico’s low-cost carrier Interjet and the Russia’s Sukhoi Civil Aircraft Co. (SCAC) will establish a competence center for the Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) to improve service support, manufacture components and implement improvements to the aircraft.

Boeing plans to build a commercial aviation maintenance hangar at London Gatwick Airport, Boeing UK said Nov. 17.

MRO Briefs-Nov. 16, 2016

Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways Engineering and Airbus have agreed to work jointly on developing a new Airbus A380 MRO services offering.