IATA   Leadership  
Skift • Gordon Smith

IATA appoints Saadia Zahidi as next director general, succeeding Willie Walsh

IATA has named Saadia Zahidi—formerly an executive at the World Economic Forum—as its next director general, taking over from Willie Walsh when he departs in July. The appointment breaks a long pattern of airline-operator leadership at the trade body, shifting IATA’s top leadership profile.

Air Cargo News • Damian Brett

IATA appoints Saadia Zahidi as director general

Also: Aviation Week and stattimes.com
2026-07-23T09:54:09.805184-07:00
Bombardier   Middle East   Orders  
ch-aviation • Luciano Braganca

Saudi Arabia's THC signs LOI for 12+48 Bombardier jets

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.

Also: AeroTime
2026-07-23T01:04:49.080924-07:00
Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
NEW
Air Data News • Ricardo Meier

Pan Am DC-4 whose crash transformed airline safety found after 74 years

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.

Also: Travel Radar, globalnews.ca and vintageaviationnews.com
2026-07-23T09:55:26.478445-07:00
Event   MRO   Farnborough Airshow   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)  
The Economist • The Economist

Airplane-engine maintenance is now a money spinner

By The Economist: Business | Staying aloft Airplane-engine maintenance is now a money spinner Manufacturers are earning big bucks as a result Share Photograph: GE Aerospace Jul 23rd 2026 | FARNBOROUGH | 3 min read A mong the eye-catching announcements at this week’s Farnborough International Airshow, a biennial aerospace get-together, was a deal signed by IndiGo, a fast-growing Indian carrier.

2026-07-23T08:36:59.957777-07:00