International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) executive director Drew Kodjak is joining the Biden administration as senior director of transportation emissions in the White House Climate Policy Office. The office, established by US president Joe Biden a week after being sworn in on 20 January 2021, is charged with implementing the president's domestic climate agenda. Washington DC-based nonprofit ICCT provides research and technical and scientific analysis to environmental regulators in the USA. Kodjak, an environmental attorney, joined ICCT in 2005 after serving as attorney-adviser for the US Environmental Protection Agency. "Drew has been a leader in decarbonising transportation for more than 30 years," states Rachel Muncrief, who has taken on the role of active executive director of ICCT. "He has shown brilliance and dedication in accelerating the decarbonisation of the transportation sector." In September 2022, President Biden named John Podesta senior adviser to the president for clean energy innovation and implementation, and promoted Ali Zaidi to assistant to the president and national climate adviser.

WestJet and its pilots represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) union have reached a tentative agreement on the second collective bargaining agreement between the organisations, potentially avoiding a strike hours before the union's self-imposed deadline on 19 May. The agreement now heads to union members for a ratification vote. Canada's second-largest airline on 18 May began preparing for a strike by cancelling flights and parking the majority of its Boeing 737 and 787 fleets to avoid the aircraft being stranded far from the carrier's Calgary hub in the event of work stoppage. The mainline and its subsidiaries including ultra-low-cost carrier Swoop must now reverse course, WestJet chief executive Alexis von Hoensbroech states, adding that "the full resumption of operations will take time". "The WestJet Group is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement that is industry-leading within Canada and recognises the important contributions of our valued pilots by providing meaningful improvements to job security and scope, working conditions and wages," von Hoensbroech says. "We were able to arrive at a deal, however, [we] recognise the impact on our guests and we sincerely appreciate their patience during this time." The agreement between WestJet and its pilots comes as the ALPA union is also finalising its merger with the pilots' union at Air Canada, while pilots at Canadian start-up Lynx Air also seek representation by ALPA. Pilots' unions at carriers including FedEx, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines have also voted to authorise strikes if negotiations for new contracts do not lead to an agreement. The Allied Pilots Association that represents pilots at American on 19 May also announced it could potentially avoid a strike through a new agreement in principle with the US mainline, details of which the union states will be disclosed "in the coming days".

AerCap has delivered a fourth Airbus A321neo aircraft to Air India. With this delivery, the Irish lessor says it has completed a mandate for the lease of four new A321neos with the Indian flag carrier. The aircraft, powered by CFM International LEAP-1A engines, are the first A321neos to be inducted into the Air India fleet, Aercap notes. "It is a very exciting time for Air India as it returns to Tata Group ownership and transitions its fleet to meet the rapidly growing Indian aviation market," AerCap's chief commercial officer Peter Anderson says. "AerCap is delighted to play a role in Air India's fleet transformation by providing its first tranche of neo aircraft on operating lease." Air India's chief commercial and transformation officer Nipun Aggarwal states: "These four new, leased Airbus A321neo aircraft join our fast-growing fleet as part of the sweeping transformation in progress at Air India."