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
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: Indian airline IndiGo pulled off a coup on Tuesday by naming Willie Walsh, one of the industry's highest-profile figures, as chief executive, as it grapples with regulatory scrutiny and operational challenges exacerbated by the Iran war.
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.
aerotelegraph.com
• Timo Nowack
By aerotelegraph.com: Die italienische Fluggesellschaft könnte sich vorstellen, neue Ziele in Südamerika anzusteuern - bräuchte dafür aber mehr Airbus A350. Verhandlungen mit Investorin Lufthansa laufen.
politico.eu
• Costanza Gambarini, Leonie Cater, Luke Barratt, Marianne Gros
