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Stakeholders have urged Garuda Indonesia to study a potential joint venture with Saudi carrier Saudia to serve Hajj pilgrimage traffic, prompting consideration of capacity, scheduling and commercial arrangements ahead of peak pilgrimage seasons. The proposal could reshape Garuda’s international network and partnership strategy.
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Aviation Week
• Kurt Hofmann
By Aviation Week: Turkish Airlines has announced significant management changes it says are in line with the airline’s corporate objectives.
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
By Airways Magazine: Airbus delivered 60 aircraft in March and booked 331 gross orders, bringing 2026 deliveries to 114 jets.
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.
CNBC
• Michele Luhn
By CNBC: American Airlines is joining Delta, United, Southwest and JetBlue in raising its checked bag fees as the industry deals with high jet fuel prices.
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
