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Prof. Murat Şeker to Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Executive Committee of Turkish Airlines.

Matshela Seshibe was appointed Interim Group CEO of South African Airways after Prof. John Lamola resigned.

Ahmet Olmuştur to Chief Executive Officer of Turkish Airlines.

QANTAS says its first A350-1000ULR was rolled out in Toulouse in preparation for two-month flight test campaign.

FLYADEAL began daily Dubai-Riyadh/-Jeddah (A320).

GATE GOURMET acquired TAP Air Portugal's 51% stake in CATERINGPOR.

DELTA unveiled next-gen Delta One suite for A350-1000s and A330-200/300s, focusing on increased personal space and modern tech with longer lie-flat beds and 24-inch 4K QLED screens, Bluetooth, wireless charging, and USB-C ports.

AWESOME CARGO, Mexico took delivery of its third A330-200P2F (1225; ex-Alitalia) following conversion to freighter.

ROYAL AIR MAROC leased ex-Xiamen Airlines 787-8 (41542) with GEnx-1Bs from CCB Financial Leasing.

GATE GOURMET acquired TAP Air Portugal's 51% stake in CATERINGPOR

BOC AVIATION executed 36 transactions (10 aircraft deliveries) in 1Q26 vs 158 (11) in 1Q25, ending quarter with owned/managed/committed fleet of 813 aircraft/engines vs 829 a year ago. It raised US$2.5b of debt financing

CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES leased new 737-8 (66419) from CDB Aviation on top of two A321neos leased in 2025.

KOREAN AIR had US$160.4m net income for 1Q26 (vs $127.7m in 1Q25) on 14% higher revenues; it has 166 aircraft.

Kumar Kumarasingam to President of Pratt & Whitney Canada, succeeding retiring Maria Della Posta.

Jonathan Arena to Executive Vice President, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, and Secretary of Howmet Aerospace, Pittsburgh.

Ali Al Derazi to Senior Vice President-Sales of DAE.

Jason McNutt to Southwestern US Regional Sales Manager-Business Jet Aircraft Parts, based in Colorado, of C&L Aerospace.

DELTA unveiled next-gen Delta One suite for A350-1000s and A330-200/300s, focusing on increased personal space and modern tech with longer lie-flat beds and 24-inch 4K QLED screens, Bluetooth, wireless charging, and USB-C ports.

SCOTTISH LEATHER GROUP (SLG) opened 75,000 sq ft facility in Glasgow to design/manufacture BioPRO protein-based, recoverable moulded foam.

GKN AEROSPACE launched $8.4m TITAN-AM program in partnership with USAF to industrialize titanium additive manufacturing for large aerostructures, focusing on Laser Metal Deposition with Wire (LMD-w) technology.

TEXTRON AVIATION DEFENSE has 5-year, $150m contract to provide SEPM (Sustaining Engineering and Program Management) services for fleet of USAF, US Navy and US Army T-6As, T-6Bs and T-6Ds (Beechcraft T-6 Texan IIs).

SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES is investing €150m to add 30,000-tonne hydraulic press at Gennevilliers for manufacturing strategic engine parts (14,000 per year at full production) to support LEAP/GE9X production as well as military engines.

SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER was selected by H55 to supply the EASA-certified Safran ENGINeUS electric motor for the electric propulsion system powering the Bristell B23 Energic aircraft starting in 2027.

SWISSLOG was selected by Satair to deploy an AutoStore system at its facility in Singapore for high‑density, goods‑to‑person automation.

Ali Al Derazi to Senior Vice President-Sales of DAE.