CNBC
• Leslie Josephs
Southwest Airlines has put Texas jet fuel on a ship for the first time, hiring a vessel this spring to move fuel from Houston to Los Angeles as a contingency against potential supply shortages. The move underscores how carriers are planning around fuel availability risks in major hubs.
ch-aviation
• Vanja Popovic
By ch-aviation: Airline lobby groups have denounced the European Commission’s proposed revamp of the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), arguing that it ambition to cover flights beyond the EU amounts to extraterritorial and unilateral approach.
ch-aviation
• Luciano Braganca
By ch-aviation: Saudi Arabia-based, PIF - Public Investment Fund-backed The Helicopter Company has signed a letter of intent to finalise a firm order for 12 Bombardier Business Aircraft, comprising five Challenger 3500s, five Global 5500s, and two Global 8000s, alongside options for a further 48 jets across the three platforms.
Skift
• Gordon Smith
By Skift: IATA has named World Economic Forum executive Saadia Zahidi as its next director general, breaking a four-decade run of airline operators leading the trade body.
Air Cargo News
Aviation Week
Air Data News
• Ricardo Meier
By Air Data News: Discovery of Clipper Endeavor wreckage closes one of aviation’s oldest wreckage of a Pan American World Airways Douglas DC-4 that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean in 1952 and helped reshape commercial aviation safety has been located off Puerto Rico after 74 years.
AINonline
• Matt Thurber
By AINonline: U.S. nationwide service will begin in 2027.
Flying Magazine
• Zach Vasile
By Flying Magazine: The FAA is moving forward with the development of a new digital tool that will allow general and business aviation pilots to request clearances.
ch-aviation
• Dominik Sipinski
By ch-aviation: Interested in Commercial Aviation/Business Aviation? Unlock exclusive news such as “Air Astana files to launch B787 ops to US in 2027” today!.
AeroTime
• Ian Molyneaux
Reuters
• Abhijith Ganapavaram, Aditya Kalra
