The US Treasury has imposed sanctions on Fly Baghdad and its chief executive for allegedly assisting Iran’s Revolutionary Guards military force and alleged proxy forces in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon. US authorities say that Fly Baghdad has for “several years” supported the Iranian security force and its proxies by delivering materiel and personnel throughout the region, including shipments of weapons to Syria for use by militias. US authorities consider the Revolutionary Guards a terrorist group. They contend that Iran-linked militia Kata’ib Hizballah (KH) “has been using Fly Baghdad to transport fighters, weapons, and money to Syria and Lebanon to prop up the Syrian regime”, adding that “KH leaders used Fly Baghdad flights on multiple occasions to transport bags of US currency and US-made weapons obtained through battlefield collection from Iraq to Lebanon.” Likewise chief executive Basheer Abdulkadhim Alwan al-Shabbani “is being designated for owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, Fly Baghdad,” the Treasury adds. Two aircraft owned by Fly Baghdad, with tail numbers YI-BAF and YI-BAN, have been designated as blocked aircraft. Data shows the two jets are a Boeing 737-800 and a 737-700, respectively, owned by the company. Sanctions will freeze any assets of the airline and al-Shabbani in the USA and stop financial institutions with links to the US from dealing with the airline. Fly Baghdad’s website is offline. Fleet data shows that the airline operates a total of 11 aircraft, nine of them 737 NGs, all but one of which are in service. The carrier also operates one Bombardier CRJ200 and one CRJ900, one of which is in storage. Four of the 737s are leased from DAE Capital, while FTAI Aviation and Deucalion Aviation each lease one 737 NG to the carrier. The CRJ900 is from Avmax Aircraft Leasing, while the CRJ200 is owned by the carrier. Fly Baghdad launched operations in 2015 and is listed by Cirium as being owned by private Iraqi investors.

Ryanair has agreed to purchase up to 33 million gallons (100,000 tonnes) of SAF from Enilive for the airline's operations in Italy between 2025 and 2030. The carrier says this is enough to power 20,000 flights from Milano Malpensa airport to Dublin. Ryanair’s director of sustainability, Thomas Fowler, says that partnering with companies such as Enilive will help the airline work towards its goal of using 12.5% SAF by 2030 and net zero emissions by 2050. “Eni is a key supplier in our largest market, Italy, and their success in producing SAF will play a significant role as our group grows to carry 300 million passengers per annum by 2034,” he comments. Enilive, which is full-owned by Italian energy firm Eni and was rebranded from Eni Sustainable Mobility last September, has plans to increase its production of bio-refining, of which a proportion will be available as SAF, to over 5 million tonnes per year by 2030. “The plants and the technologies we have developed over the last decade enable Enilive to produce the necessary amounts of SAF to meet the needs of companies as Ryanair and the requirements of the EU regulations,” states Enilive chief executive Stefano Ballista. Enilive uses waste feedstocks such as used cooking oil, animal fats and agro-food industry residues, to produce its Eni Biojet SAF product that can be blended with conventional jet fuel by up to 50%. EU SAF mandates will force aviation fuel suppliers to provide at least 2% of jet fuel as SAF from 2025, rising every five years to reach 63% by 2050. Last year, Ryanair signed deals to secure 52 million gallons of SAF from Repsol from 2025 to 2030, and extended an agreement with to secure SAF from Neste for use at Amsterdam Schiphol airport. In December 2022, it signed an agreement with Shell for 120 million gallons of SAF for the same period.

Southwest Airlines' pilots have voted to approve a five-year collective bargaining agreement. The US carrier's 11,000 pilots were represented during negotiations by the Southwest Airlines Pilots Association (SWAPA). Southwest notes that the new contract provides flightcrew with "industry-leading compensation, modified scheduling practices, and quality-of-life enhancements, including paid maternity and parental leave, with an opportunity for an additional extended bonding leave". The Dallas-based airline adds that the agreement includes a new process to be used for pilot-network recovery. "This agreement justly rewards our pilots and supports our operational needs," asserts Southwest vice-president of labour relations Adam Carlisle. SWAPA president Casey Murray states: "This has been a long time coming, and it is only through the unity of our pilot group that we were able to achieve the gains in this contract." The union notes that the agreement includes a date-of-ratification payrate increase of 29.15%, followed by 4% raises in 2025, 2026 and 2027 and a 3.25% raise in 2028. Southwest becomes the last of the four US majors to have signed a contract with its pilots within the previous 11 months. In September, United Airlines pilots approved a new four-year working agreement. The Chicago-based carrier's pilots were represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) during negotiations. American Airlines pilots represented by the Allied Pilots Association (APA) had in August ratified a new four-year contract. Delta Air Lines was the first of the four US majors to sign a contract with its pilots, securing a deal likewise spanning four years with ALPA members in March.