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Jordan’s national carrier says it diverted a flight and searched the plane during an unscheduled stop after a passenger told the cabin crew that a suspicious object was on board. Royal Jordanian says the Airbus 320 with 124 passengers was on its way from Dubai to the Jordanian capital of Amman on Thursday when the pilot received word of the passenger’s claim. The pilot diverted the flight to the nearest airport in the Qatari capital of Doha. The airline says nothing suspicious was found during a search of the plane. It says the passenger who made the claim would be questioned by the relevant authorities and that the plane is resuming its trip.<br/>

Airberlin has appointed new board members as part of the German carrier’s strategy to reposition itself into a network carrier. Story lists new and departing members. “We welcome our new board members and look forward to them further stimulating airberlin’s repositioning. The board will benefit from the varied expert disciplines they offer,” airberlin CEO Thomas Winkelmann said. Airberlin said 2016 and 1Q 2017 were dominated by the transition to a new business model. The old business model and high restructuring costs had a huge impact on last year’s results.<br/>

Russia’s S7 Airlines began international flights from St. Petersburg Pulkovo International Airport May 9, with 3X-weekly Airbus A319 services to Berlin Tegel. The carrier’s network from Pulkovo now includes seven destinations, comprising Berlin, Bryansk, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Moscow, Novosibirsk and Yaroslavl. S7 Airlines, one of the five biggest carriers at Pulkovo, handled 1.1m passengers in 2016 at the airport, up 49% year-over-year. S7, which mainly bases at Moscow Domodedovo and Novosibirsk, announced its network development at Pulkovo after agreeing to lease 17 Embraer E170s.<br/>