On 17 May 2023, ALPA’s Executive Board approved by acclamation the union’s merger with the Air Canada Pilots Association (ACPA). Following the vote, the presidents of both organizations signed the merger agreement, thereby occasioning Air Canada’s entrance into ALPA’s fold as the fortieth pilot group to ally itself with the world-leading union. With the addition of Air Canada’s pilots, ALPA’s membership surpasses 73,000 individual aviators.
Oleg Patsulya, a Russian national, and his business partner were arrested in the U.S. for violating broad technical sanctions imposed against Russia in the wake of the country’s February 2022 invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Investigation of the alleged crimes revealed Patsulya and his partner, whose name remains undisclosed, sent sanctioned aircraft components—including 737 wheel-brake systems—to at least three Russian airlines by dint of a network of companies scattered across Florida, Turkey, and Russia.
Embraer S.A., the multinational aerospace manufacturer of commercial, military, executive, and agricultural aircraft founded in 1969 and headquartered in São Paulo, Brazil, announced on 16 March 2023 that one of its E190-E2 airliners had demonstrated outstanding short-field performance during a round-robin demonstration flight from Seoul, South Korea’s Gimpo Airport (GMP) to Pohang (KPO) and back.
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