Middle East   Leadership   Airlines  
Aviation Week • Kurt Hofmann

Turkish Airlines abruptly replaces chairman and CEO in politically driven succession; insider duo signals continuity

Turkish Airlines has abruptly replaced both its chairman and CEO, describing the exits as retirements while offering little public explanation. The succession — reportedly arranged at a high political level — installs an insider commercial CEO and a finance-focused chair, signalling likely continuity in strategy.

Also: Daily Sabah
2026-04-09T12:12:02.795991-07:00
Routes   North America   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Policy & Regulation   Airlines  
Breitflyte • Joe Breitfeller

American Airlines to Resume Direct Miami–Caracas Service on April 30, 2026, Pending Approvals

By Breitflyte: American Airlines has today announced that they will resume direct service between Miami and Caracas, Venezuela as soon as April 30, 2026, pending approval from U.S.

Also: The Points Guy, Aviation Source and Airways Magazine
2026-04-09T10:02:27.413179-07:00
Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Boeing   United Airlines  
FlightGlobal • Jon Hemmerdinger

Persistent GEnx engine fire aboard United Airlines 787-9 resisted onboard extinguishers and damaged components

By FlightGlobal: The pilots discharged fire bottles but the blaze within the jet’s left GEnx proved difficult to extinguish A persistent fire last month in a GE Aerospace GEnx turbofan powering a United Airlines Boeing 787-9 continued to burn despite the pilots discharging extinguisher bottles, damaging some components surrounding the engine.

2026-04-09T11:36:17.854583-07:00
Supply Chain   Orders   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airbus   Airbus A320  
Airways Magazine • Helwing Villamizar

Airbus Books 331 Gross Orders in March, Delivers 60 Aircraft as 2026 YTD Deliveries Reach 114

By Airways Magazine: Airbus delivered 60 aircraft in March and booked 331 gross orders, bringing 2026 deliveries to 114 jets.

Also: AirInsight, Simple Flying, Aviation24, FlightGlobal, Air Data News, Simple Flying and ukaviation.aero
2026-04-09T09:07:17.601232-07:00
ATC   NTSB   North America   Aviation Safety & Regulation   Policy & Regulation  
Reuters

U.S. House set to vote next week on sweeping aviation safety reforms after deadly 2025 jet–helicopter collision

By Reuters: The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a sweeping aviation safety reform bill to address dozens of recommendations issued after a January 2025 collision of an American Airlines regional jet and a U.S.

2026-04-09T10:46:39.756503-07:00
PaxEx   North America   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   Delta Air Lines   Southwest Airlines  
CNBC • Michele Luhn

American Airlines makes bag fees even more expensive for basic economy tickets

By CNBC: American Airlines is joining Delta, United, Southwest and JetBlue in raising its checked bag fees as the industry deals with high jet fuel prices.

Also: Airline Geeks, The Points Guy, Reuters, Skift, Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Simple Flying, Travel Radar, Aviation Week, One Mile at a Time, thriftytraveler.com and 4 more
2026-04-09T06:17:21.588170-07:00