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Airlines

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Spirit Sticks With Frontier, Rejects Revised JetBlue Offer

May 02, 2022
Plans to establish North America’s first mega-ULCC remain in place after Spirit Airlines rejected a revised takeover bid from JetBlue Airways in favor of an earlier offer from Frontier Airlines.
737-8
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Virgin Australia Increases Planned 737 MAX Deliveries

Apr 29, 2022
Virgin Australia has boosted its fleet growth plans by increasing its commitments for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
Qantas new Airbus fleet
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Qantas Finalizes A350 Deal For Project Sunrise

May 02, 2022
Qantas has confirmed a much-delayed order for the Airbus A350-1000s it will use for its Project Sunrise ultra-long-range flights; it has also finalized orders for Airbus narrowbodies to replace its domestic fleet.
Frontier Airlines
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Frontier Airlines Skirts Pilot Staffing Challenges In The Near Term

Apr 29, 2022
Although Frontier Airlines is seeing higher levels of pilot attrition, the ULCC has an excess of pilots in the short term. 
Rex Airlines 737-800
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Delta Forms Interline Deal With Australia’s Rex

May 02, 2022
Australian carrier Rex has reached an agreement to become Delta Air Lines’ new partner in the Australian market.

The Daily Memo

Pratt and Whitney
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Daily Memo: Demand—Too Much Of A Good Thing For Supply Chain?

May 02, 2022
Supporting more flights, a long-idled fleet, and rising new-aircraft production rates could be too much for the commercial supply chain to handle.

Suppliers

Incoming Woodward CEO Charles Blankenship
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Blankenship To Succeeed Retiring Woodward CEO Gendron

Apr 22, 2022
Woodward Chairman, CEO and President Tom Gendron plans to retire from the major aerospace supplier on May 9, the company announced April 21, handing over the reins to Charles “Chip” Blankenship Jr. under a quietly planned succession

Airframers

787-8 Dreamliner
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Concessions Aside, Boeing Did Not Finance Airliner Deliveries Again

May 02, 2022
Customer concessions for delayed 737 MAXs or 787s aside, Boeing did not have to finance the delivery of any of its airliners in 2021, the second year in a row that third-parties have backed all aircraft receipts, according to Boeing Capital executives.

Sustainability

University of Dayton Research Institute
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Efforts To Enable 100% SAF Making Progress

Apr 22, 2022
Current sustainable aviation fuels (SAFs) are limited to a maximum 50% blend with conventional jet fuels because most of them lack a key ingredient―aromatic hydrocarbons that cause seals in engines to swell and prevent fuel leaks.

MRO

CDB Aviation delivery of first A330 P2F freighter
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GAMECO Begins Its First Boeing 767-300BCF Conversion

Apr 26, 2022
Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (GAMECO) has cut its first Boeing 767-300BCF cargo door, while Chinese-owned lessor CDB Aviation has separately taken delivery of its first freighter.

Industry Data