Philippine Airlines has signed a codeshare agreement with American Airlines covering routes between Asia and the USA. The carrier says it has placed its "PR" code on American's flights between Los Angeles and seven US cities: Atlanta, Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Miami, Orlando and Washington DC. The deal allows American's customers to travel to Manila and Cebu via Tokyo. Additionally, customers will be able to fly to Manila from Honolulu and Guam. Philippine Airlines operates twice-daily nonstop flights to Los Angeles, daily flights to San Francisco and multiple weekly flights to New York, Honolulu and Guam.

The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has selected the chief of French air navigation service provider DSNA, Florian Guillermet, to replace its acting executive director Luc Tytgat. EASA says that an effective start for Guillermet has yet to be confirmed, while a formal appointment notice is scheduled for 15 February. Guillermet was executive director of the Single European Sky air traffic management research programme from 2014 to 2021. Prior to that, he worked at Eurocontrol, French regulator DGCA, and Air France. "I have known Florian for many years and deeply respect his operational knowledge of aviation as well as his high-level strategic thinking," states EASA chair Piotr Samson. The European regulator, Guillermet says: "will have an instrumental role in accompanying the transition to greener aviation while maintaining the sector's strong safety record". Tytgat took over as EASA acting chief on 1 September after expiry of the second five-year term of former executive director Patrick Ky in August.

Comac has delivered its third C919 to China Eastern Airlines. The jet (B-919D, MSN00009) made a ferry flight from Shanghai Pudong to Shanghai Hongqiao on 9 December, states the airframer. The aircraft is the third of five C919s the airline ordered in 2021. China Eastern received its first C919 in December 2022 and it entered commercial service on 28 May flying between Shanghai and Chengdu. It received the second example in July. The carrier ordered an additional 100 C919s in September, with five units scheduled for delivery in 2024.