Aviation Week
• Kurt Hofmann
Turkish Airlines announced a senior leadership shake-up, naming internal executives to serve as its new board chairman and chief executive and confirming the departure of former CEO Bilal Ekşi. The carrier said the moves are aligned with its corporate objectives.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
FlightGlobal
• Jon Hemmerdinger
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.
Reuters
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.
Airways Magazine
• Helwing Villamizar
By Airways Magazine: Alaska begins operating Boeing 787 validation flights to Europe without passengers as it prepares to launch Seattle–Rome service.
Skift
• Meghna Maharishi
By Skift: With fuel prices at elevated levels despite a recent pullback, Delta’s refinery is providing a nice offset.
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Skift
• Bailey Schulz
By Skift: Tax refunds are up 13% from last year, tracking well below initial forecasts for 25% growth, according to a Bank of America report.
Breitflyte
• Joe Breitfeller
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.
Airways Magazine
• Helwing Villamizar
