SkiftGordon Smith

IATA Makes Surprise Pick for New Leader, Skips Airline Veterans

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.

2026-07-23T09:54:09.805184-07:00
ch-aviationLuciano 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.

2026-07-23T01:04:49.080924-07:00
Air Data NewsRicardo 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.

2026-07-23T09:55:26.478445-07:00