Tewolde GebreMariam, the long-serving CEO of Africa’s leading airline – Ethiopian Airlines – has stepped down from his post after more than 35 years with the airline.
The former Ethiopian CEO and aviation industry doyen, Girma Wake, has been named in a key role as the Addis Ababa carrier reels from the sad resignation of its CEO Tewolde Gabremariam.
Oneworld CEO Rob Gurney sees potential to grow oneworld Connect—its lighter membership option—from one to eight members after formally welcoming Royal Air Maroc as the alliance’s first full member in Africa.
Rescue personnel have recovered one of two flight recorders belonging to the ill-fated China Eastern flight MU5735, two days after the Boeing 737-800 crashed into mountains in southern China.
Delta Air Lines has agreed to purchase 75 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) annually from Colorado-based advanced biofuels company Gevo.
With the goal of being able to develop tourism sustainably, Air Greenland has partnered with lessor Avolon to explore the potential for zero-emission domestic air travel using Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 electric air taxi.
When Alitalia filed for bankruptcy in 2017 few would have predicted that five years later some of the biggest players in aviation would be battling it out to buy a stake in the Italian flag-carrier’s successor.
Air traffic controllers reacted to China Eastern Airlines (MU) Flight 5735’s sudden shift from cruise to a rapid dive by attempting to contact the aircraft’s pilots several times but received no response before the Boeing 737-800 hit the ground, a senior Chinese official said March 22.
The union representing Southwest Airlines’ flight attendants called on the Biden administration to end the federal mask mandate on aircraft “as soon as practicable.”
The FAA plans to require affected Boeing 777 operators to modify fuel systems to ensure they are accurately tracking the amount of fuel going into center wing tanks, correcting a design flaw that has led to over-reporting of fuel amounts—and some diversions as a result.
Russian airlines have very limited capacities for international services despite the government forcing airlines to relocate most of the Western-made airliners to the domestic registry, Russian Transport Minister Vitaly Savelyev said March 22.
