Air Canada will extend and expand its commercial agreement with PAL Airlines, lengthening the capacity purchase agreement through 2032 and increasing the number of PAL aircraft operating for Air Canada Express to protect and grow regional service in Eastern Canada. The move adds four years to the pact.
Aviation Week
• James Pozzi
By Aviation Week: The proposed engine maintenance venture has broken ground at Istanbul Airport.
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By ch-aviation: Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad International) has leased three slot pairs at London Heathrow from Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) as the latter is moving its London...
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By Reuters: IAG on Friday named unit British Airways's finance chief Jose Antonio Barrionuevo as the group's new CFO starting in June, replacing Nicholas Cadbury as part of a planned succession.
FlightGlobal
• David Kaminski-Morrow
By FlightGlobal: Airbus has updated de-icing checklists after a number of incidents in which aircraft have failed to pressurise after the ditching pushbutton was inadvertently left active prior to take-off.
Reuters
• Kyu-Seok Shim
By Reuters: A South Korean government-commissioned report found the Jeju Air plane crash in December 2024 that killed 179 people might not have been deadly if there had not been a concrete mound at the end of the runway, an opposition lawmaker said.
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By ch-aviation: Hainan Airlines Holding has denied rumours of a potential acquisition of Qingdao Airlines (QW, Qingdao Jiaodong). Responding to investor inquiries via the...
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Aviation Today
• John Persinos
