AirInsight
• Addison Schonland
Iberia has inaugurated a Madrid–Newark service operated with the A321XLR as American and United deploy long‑range single‑aisle aircraft on thin transatlantic markets. The type's range and lower trip costs are prompting carriers to rethink widebody economics, premium offerings and frequency planning.
Aviacionline
• Edgardo Gimenez Mazó
By Aviacionline: ITA Airways officially joins Star Alliance as 26th member Star Alliance adds 350 daily flights to its network with the induction of ITA Airways. The Italian carrier starts full operations under alliance standards this April 1.
Air Data News
Reuters
• David Shepardson
By Reuters: A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling by a lower court to approve the Justice Department decision to dismiss a criminal case against Boeing , which allowed the planemaker to avoid prosecution on a charge stemming from two fatal 737 MAX plane crashes that killed 346 people.
Reuters
By Reuters: UK-based electric aviation company Vertical Aerospace said on Monday it has agreed in principle to a financing package of up to $850 million, sending its US-listed shares up over 4% in morning trading.
Reuters
By Reuters: IndiGo named industry veteran Willie Walsh as CEO on Tuesday, tapping the voice of the global airline industry from lobby group IATA to steer India's largest carrier out of a recent operational crisis and drive its overseas expansion.
Reuters
• Abhijith Ganapavaram
By Reuters: India appointed a senior bureaucrat to lead its aviation regulator on Tuesday, with the incumbent moving to another government role following a tough year for the country's civil aviation sector.
CNBC
• Leslie Josephs
By CNBC: Delta says the Amazon Leo in-flight Wi-Fi will be available starting in 2028 on 500 initial aircraft.
FlightGlobal
• Dominic Perry
By FlightGlobal: The success or otherwise of a chief executive can be objectively measured in many ways: financial performance, market share, product launches, industrial expansion, to name but a few.
