United Airlines said Friday it had promoted company insider Michael Leskinen to CFO, nearly four months after Gerry Laderman announced plans to retire in 2024. Leskinen's appointments comes at a time when United is set to benefit from a boom in high-margin international travel, even though early signs show that domestic travel demand might have peaked. In Q2, international passenger revenue accounted for about 41% of the airline's total passenger revenue. Leskinen joined the Chicago-based carrier in 2018 as the managing director for investor relations and most recently served as the president of United Airlines Ventures. He also led the team that raised $6.8b in financing secured by the airline’s MileagePlus loyalty program, helping the company wade through the pandemic. Earlier, the carrier had announced that Laderman would remain in his role until the appointment of a successor and would serve as an executive vice president of finance until his planned retirement in September next year.<br/>
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Egyptian Minister of Civil Aviation Mohamed Abbas Helmy announced that EgyptAir will resume Cargo flights from Egypt to the United States after an eight-year hiatus, according to a statement by the ministry. Helmy's remarks came at the end of a 7-day visit by a delegation from the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to Cairo International Airport in which they inspected the security procedures used to secure passengers, bags, and goods at the airport, especially EgyptAir flights heading to the US. According to the statement, the minister said he appreciated the delegation's visit, culminating in the decision to resume EgyptAir cargo flights to the US. William Grinolds, the TSA attaché for government representation, praised the Egyptian side’s “commitment to implementing all security and insurance measures at Cairo International Airport and EgyptAir flights in accordance with the highest levels of international security and safety.” The American delegation asserted that they were satisfied with the continuous efforts by the Egyptian Ministry of Civil Aviation (MCA) to increase the efficiency of security performance. They also praised the professionalism and competence displayed by the airport’s employees in handling emergencies.<br/>
An EgyptAir flight destined for Dubai with 120 passengers onboard made an emergency landing at Dammam International Airport in Saudi Arabia on Saturday due to a technical malfunction, as reported by EgyptAir in an official statement. EgyptAir flight MS905 took off from Cairo at at 2:42pm on Saturday with an expected arrival time at Dubai International Airport at 6:35pm. However, the pilot requested permission to land in Dammam due to an unspecified technical issue, according to EgyptAir. The aircraft safely landed at Dammam and all passengers disembarked. Afterwards, the Boeing 737-800 was thoroughly inspected, according to the statement. EgyptAir said it arranged an alternate aircraft to transport the passengers to Dubai. According to Flightradar24, an online flight tracking service, the flight departed from Dammam at 10:50pm and touched down in Dubai at 12:48am the following day.<br/>