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HELLOJETS, Romania leased ex-Corendon Dutch 737-800 (35795) from Macquarie AirFinance.

GALISTAIR MALTA leased ex-Airhub A330-300 (769) with CF6s from World Star Aviation.

AIR CAIRO leased ex-Alaska A320-200 (3656) with CFM56s from FTAI Aviation.

AIR CANADA leased ex-Singapore A330-300 (1105) with Trent 700s from DAE; second (1427) is due from Marathon.

ICELANDAIR took delivery of new 737-8 (61812) on lease from BOC Aviation.

CORENDON DUTCH AIRLINES took delivery of new 737-9 (66358) on lease from ALC.

ANIMAWINGS, Romania wet-leased A320-200 (3863) with V2500s from Dan Air, joining A320 (3316) from Aegean.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE closed $21m JOLCO deal (its third) with a 5% interest loan maturing in March '33 on a LEAP-1B.

SCOOT, Singapore took delivery of its second (133) of nine new E190-E2s on lease from Azorra (SPNWS; April 19).

BONZA, Australia entered voluntary administration and cancelled all flights between April 30 and May 2 to discuss the ongoing viability of the business and its future going forward. Its fleet of 737-8s has been repossessed by AIP Capital.

PATTAYA AIRWAYS, Thailand agreed to lease second ATR 72-500F (742; ex-Air Corsica) from ACIA Aero Leasing.

ALC increased its senior unsecured revolving credit facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (as administrative agent) from $7.4b to $7.8b from 52 financial institutions; it also extended the final maturity date from May 2027 to May 2028.

AIR FRANCE-KLM GROUP had €480m net loss on €6.7b revenues in 1Q24 vs €337m loss on €6.3b in 1Q23; results were impacted by disruption costs and slower cargo business, but it expects promising summer with Olympic Games in Paris.

LUFTHANSA GROUP had €734m net loss on €7.4b revenues in 1Q24 vs €467m loss on €7b in 1Q23; it says strikes in Germany impacted its earnings by around €350m. It adds that bookings for summer 2024 are up 16% vs a year ago.

AAPA members carried 28.2m pax in March, up 37.5% vs March 2023; capacity (ASKs) rose 38.6%. Cargo rose 15.3%.

FTAI AVIATION had $31.3m net income on $327m revenues in 1Q24 vs $22.6m on $293m in 1Q23.

SAS sold another new A320neo (12066) to Aviation Capital Group for leaseback as part of multi-aircraft deal (now at 11).