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Leadership Airline Industry & Market Trends Air India Airlines

Bloomberg • Siddharth Philip

Air India appoints Ethiopian Airlines turnaround veteran Tewolde Gebremariam as CEO

Air India has named Tewolde Gebremariam, the former chief executive of Ethiopian Airlines Group, to lead the carrier after Campbell Wilson’s departure. Gebremariam takes charge as Air India moves into its next phase of growth and execution under its transformation strategy.

One Mile at a Time • Ben Schlappig

Air India's New CEO Is Former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam

airwaysmag.com • Helwing Villamizar

Air India Appoints Tewolde Gebremariam as CEO

Also: Bloomberg, FlightGlobal, Skift, Airline Economics, Aviation A2Z, Live From A Lounge, CNA, Economic Times, AeroTime and ANI News Agency

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2026-08-05T06:14:34.811855-07:00

eVTOL AI Airport Infrastructure & Air Traffic Management

eVTOL Insights • Thomas Sleightholm

Atoms and Joby Aviation Announce Strategic Partnership to Develop Vertiport Network

By eVTOL Insights: Atoms, the Industrial AI and infrastructure company, and Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE: JOBY), the company developing electric air taxis for commercial passenger service, today announced a strategic partnership to acquire and develop vertiport sites across the United States.

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2026-08-05T03:12:44.232723-07:00

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Aviation Week • David Casey

LATAM Maps Out First Embraer E2 Routes Across Brazil

By Aviation Week: the first phase of its planned Embraer 195-E2 deployment, using the aircraft type to launch service to four new destinations and expand frequencies across its domestic network.

Also: FlightGlobal

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2026-08-05T05:33:06.344490-07:00

Europe Aircraft Finance & Leasing airBaltic Airlines

ch-aviation • Vanja Popovic

Latvian Government Approves airBaltic Plan, but Funding Remains Unresolved

By ch-aviation: Discover more news on airBaltic at ch-aviation, the leading aviation news and data provider.

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2026-08-05T07:00:23.712372-07:00

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FlightGlobal • Graham Rapier

Allegiant to further trim its off-peak schedule as it integrates Sun Country

By FlightGlobal: Ultra-low-cost carrier Allegiant Air details the financial impact of its Sun Country merger, which was completed in May.

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2026-08-05T07:45:20.785601-07:00

M&A Aircraft Demand: Airline Distress & Consolidation Airlines

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ch-aviation • Vanja Popovic

Norse Atlantic formally starts search for buyer or investor

By ch-aviation: Norse Atlantic Airways (N0, Oslo Gardermoen) has started a formal process that may result in “a sale, merger or partnership,” the company said in a press release, linking the "strategic" news to an update on losing its damp-lease agreement with IndiGo Airlines as of November 2026.

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2026-08-05T07:46:10.797019-07:00

Africa Airline Industry & Market Trends Asia-Pacific (APAC) Airlines

Skift • Rafat Ali

What IndiGo and Ethiopian Say About the Rise of the Rest

By Skift: Ethiopian and IndiGo are the two most consequential airlines to emerge from the Global South, and they were built in opposite ways.

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2026-08-05T06:51:24.995288-07:00

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Aircraft Interiors International • Web Team

AirFi squeezes IFE file sizes for more efficient streaming

By Aircraft Interiors International: AirFi, a developer of ancillary aviation technologies, has launched AirFunnl, a media delivery stack for inflight entertainment (IFE).

Also: Inflight Online and Aviation Business News

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2026-08-05T04:00:16.982087-07:00