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Qatar Airways Group announced the appointment of Mr. Hamad Ali Al‑Khater as Group Chief Executive Officer, effective Sunday, 7 December 2025. Mr. Al‑Khater succeeds Engr. Badr Mohammed Al‑Meer. Mr. Al-Khater joins Qatar Airways Group from Hamad International Airport, where he has served as Chief Operating Officer. In that role, he was responsible for ensuring the…
BOC Aviation has signed a purchase-and-leaseback agreement with Philippine Airlines (PAL) for two Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, marking the lessor’s first delivery of the widebody type. The aircraft, equipped with Rolls-Royce Trent XWB engines, are slated for delivery beginning December 2025. “We are delighted to welcome PAL as a new customer,” said Steven Townend, BOC Aviation’s…
Allameaa for Tourism and Aviation Services in Syria has been awarded the ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification, after successfully passing all audit requirements conducted by the international accreditation body LMS Assessments Limited. The certification covers the company’s scope of work inside Syrian airports, including ground handling services, passenger check-in and departure services, transit assistance,…
A plume of volcanic ash from Ethiopia has swept across the Red Sea through Oman and Yemen and reached the Indian capital Delhi. The eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia – reported to be dormant for several thousand years – began on Sunday morning, sending an ash column thousands of feet into the…
Budget airline easyJet is expected to shrug off costs of French air traffic control strikes over the summer to post another strong rise in annual profits on Tuesday. The Luton-based carrier cautioned in July that the strikes, which disrupted travel for tens of thousands of passengers, would create “significant” costs for all airlines. It said…
Qatar Airways has increased capacity to Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, Shanghai, and Singapore this winter season to meet the global demand on these routes. This increase in flight frequency is part of the airline’s broader winter schedule enhancements, which have already introduced additional frequencies to more than 15 major destinations, including Cape Town, Dublin, London, Phuket,…
LATAM Airlines pilots in Chile began a strike at midnight local time on November 12 after mediated talks with the company reportedly failed. The action prompted the cancellation of at least 173 flights scheduled between November 12 and 17, which is expected to impact around 20,000 passengers. The airline’s union says that its 464 members…
Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, is set to purchase up to 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in order to modernize and grow its fleet. The airline has selected the Boeing 787-9 and when finalised, the order witll be Air Astana’s largest ever singlae aircraft order. Air Astana will also acquire three more Dreamliners via Lessors bringing the total…
Airlines canceled more than 2,200 U.S. flights on Sunday and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned air travel would fall to a “trickle” in the run-up to the Thanksgiving holiday as air traffic control staffing shortages surge during the federal shutdown. Major airlines were dealing with a third day of government-mandated flight cuts after thousands of…
China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings (CALC), a full value-chain aircraft solutions provider for the global aviation industry, has announce the signing of lease agreements with SalamAir, Oman’s Low-Cost Carrier, for two Airbus A320ceo aircraft scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2026. This agreement for two aircraft, coming off leases from CALC’s current PRC…