IATA   Leadership   Airlines  
Skift • Gordon Smith

IATA names Saadia Zahidi as first female director general, succeeding Willie Walsh

IATA has appointed World Economic Forum executive Saadia Zahidi as its next director general, beginning Nov. 1. She succeeds Willie Walsh, who will relinquish the role on July 31—ending a four-decade run of airline-operator leaders at the trade body.

Air Cargo News • Damian Brett

IATA appoints Saadia Zahidi as director general

Aviation Week • Karen Walker

New Female IATA Chief Will Make History

Also: stattimes.com and ala.aero
2026-07-23T09:54:09.805184-07:00
Bombardier   Middle East   Orders  
ch-aviation • Luciano 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.

Also: AeroTime
2026-07-23T01:04:49.080924-07:00
Museums   Accident   Aviation Safety & Regulation  
Air Data News • Ricardo 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.

Also: Travel Radar, globalnews.ca and vintageaviationnews.com
2026-07-23T09:55:26.478445-07:00