Ethiopian Airlines plans to launch a new service between Addis Ababa and New York JFK airport via Abidjan on 29 May.
The route will be operated four times per week using a Boeing 787-8, the African carrier says. Ethiopian first started serving New York from Addis Ababa via Abidjan in June 2019, however, the route was suspended in March 2020 due to Covid-19. The carrier resumed serving New York via Lome in October 2020. The airline currently operates to more than 130 international passenger and cargo destinations from Addis Ababa. It will also commence a new passenger service to Atlanta from 16 May 2023.

American Airlines board member Greg Smith will succeed the carrier's former chief executive Doug Parker as board chair upon Parker's retirement on 30 April. Parker stepped down as chief executive after eight years leading the US major on 31 March 2022, and was replaced by the carrier's president Robert Isom. He remained as board chair at that time. "Our CEO transition has been flawless thanks to the great work of Robert Isom, his team and our board," Parker states. "Now is the right time for our chairman transition and we are fortunate to have Greg Smith in place to assume that role. Greg has made outstanding contributions since joining American’s board, and his strong knowledge of the aviation industry and his decades of leadership experience will be invaluable going forward." Smith, a 30-year employee of Boeing who retired from the manufacturer in July 2021, joined American's board in January 2022. Additionally, Ray Robinson and Jim Albaugh are retiring from American’s board at the end of the current term. Robinson and Albaugh have served on American’s board since 2005 and 2013, respectively.

United Airlines has established an investment fund through which businesses and individual consumers can support start-ups that are furthering sustainable aviation fuel technology and development. The Chicago-based carrier, along with inaugural partners Air Canada, Boeing, GE Aerospace, JP Morgan and Honeywell, kicked off the United Airlines Ventures Sustainable Flight Fund with an investment of $100 million. Additional businesses and airline customers will be able to invest in the fund, which will support SAF technology and production start-ups identified by United. Any airline customer who buys a ticket on United's website or through its app now has the option to supplement United's investment in the fund, the US major says. "Solving climate change is doable but it requires hard work and real leadership," United's chief executive Scott Kirby states. "This fund is unique. It's not about offsets or things that are just greenwashing. Instead, we're creating a system that drives investment to build a new industry around sustainable aviation fuel, essentially from scratch. That's the only way we can actually decarbonise aviation." United in late January together with energy infrastructure firm Tallgrass and biorefining company Green Plains formed the Blue Blade Energy joint venture, which will develop sustainable aviation fuel technology that uses ethanol as its feedstock. In 2022, United agreed to buy 300 million gallons of SAF over a 20-year timespan from US-based Dimensional Energy, and 52.5 million gallons of SAF over the next three years from Finnish renewable fuels producer Neste.