Air Transport

Hussein Dabbas, the former president and CEO of Royal Jordanian and vice-president for Middle East and Africa for IATA is now on the other side of the fence as general manager across these regions for Brazilian air-framer; Embraer.

This edition of Newsround looks at the divisions in South Africa over its national carrier SAA as the airline faces accusations over safety failings, wasting cash and not resolving the rescue processes.

AviAssist Foundation are thrilled to welcome Christopher McGregor onto their board in the year the aircraft manufacturer ATR celebrates its 40th anniversary.

These priorities are: continued financial relief and the release of committed aid and blocked funds, Safe reopening of borders and Planning for the safe restart of operations.

Ethiopian Airlines has transported 1,056,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in a single flight, from Beijing to Harare.

The board of Royal Jordanian Airlines has re-appointed Samer Majali to president and CEO 12 years after he left Jordan’s flag-carrier.

As vaccination drives gather steam across the globe, airlines and governments are scrambling to determine how best to prove inoculation of

SPAC merger will take Lilium public and fund certification and commercial launch of its regional air mobility eVTOL air taxi.

Several airlines are exploring business cases and operational feasibility of replacing small turboprops with all-electric aircraft.

Alaska Airlines became the 14th member of Oneworld on March 31, adding more than 30 cities to the global alliance’s network.

U.S. airports would potentially get $25 billion in government funding to modernize under President Joe Biden’s infrastructure improvement proposal.

In attempting to replicate Norwegian’s transatlantic strategy, Norse Atlantic may also end up reigniting the same political battles that caused so many headaches for Norwegian in recent years.

Andorra is promoting the creation of an airport aimed at opening up the landlocked state starting in 2025.

Although Korean Air expects significant synergy savings from its merger with Asiana Airlines, there will be no large-scale redundancies or near-term fleet cuts resulting from the integration.

Navigation system suppliers have aligned to lobby the U.S. government for increased investment in legacy ground-based navigational aids.

VIVA AEROBUS plans May 29 to begin weekly San Jose Los Cabos-Cincinnati (A320).

AIRBALTIC plans IPO to support future growth and return the Latvian state's investment in the form of sale of shares. It says could produce revenue

AIR NAMIBIA is being liquidated. It has three A319s, two A330-200s and four ERJs, all mostly on operating lease.

Lorenzo Stoll to Head of Swiss WorldCargo.

Ahn Byung-seok to Chief Executive Officer of Air Busan, South Korea.

ALASKA AIRLINES completed previously announced order for 23 more 737-9s for 2023-2024 and 15 options for 2023-2026, increasing overall MAX orderbook

A4A announced member commitment to work with aviation industry and government to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050; A4A carriers pledged to

BLUE AIR, Romania agreed to lease 10 737-8s from Air Lease Corporation for delivery through 2022; first (43309) delivered.

AIRBALTIC plans May 1 to begin three-times-weekly Tallinn-Munich, Germany (A220-300).

CORSAIR, France took delivery of new 352-seat A330-900 (1975) on lease from Avolon; it plans to acquire five more.