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AIRFINANCE, NY closed financing of a new Citation CJ3 for a Latin American customer, with funding by PEFCO.

SAFRAN inaugurated €200m, 45,000 sq meter LEAP engine MRO center at Hyderabad, India to support 300 shop visits per year. It also broke ground on adjacent €40m, 5,000 sq meter M88 engine MRO shop for IAF Rafale fighters.

SIAEC and SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES signed LOI to form LEAP maintenance joint venture in Singapore. SIAEC currently performs LEAP engine quick turn maintenance for Safran at its aircraft engine services facility at Changi North.

SATAIR signed LOI with Gameco to expand its A320/A330 Integrated Material Services (IMS) program to include A350.

Kevin Richter to Vice President of Finance of American Airlines.

BELL TEXTRON announced orders for six helicopters (mix of Bell 505s, Bell 407GXis, and Bell 429s) by customers in Switzerland, UK, and Poland in the corporate segment, bringing its year-to-date corporate sales in Europe to 17 aircraft.

SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL closed 10-year, $750m senior unsecured bond offering, its 11th bond offering since 2016.

IBERIA plans March 29 to begin daily Madrid-Newark (A321XLR).

SAI AIR, Germany took delivery of two Tecnam P2012 Treveller aircraft to launch services at Lahr and Nürnberg.

AIR BUSAN plans December 31 to begin Busan-Hanoi (A321).

T'WAY AIR, South Korea leased ex-Biman 737-800 (37934) from Macquarie AirFinance.

FRONTIER took delivery of GTF-powered A320neo (12982) on lease from BOC Aviation under multi-aircraft SLB deal.

ITA AIRWAYS agreed to lease five new A220-300s from Aviation Capital Group; first (55397) was delivered.

PNG AIR agreed to lease ex-Green Africa Airways ATR 72-600 (1047) from ACIA Aero Leasing, increasing its ATR fleet to nine following delivery of two ex-Garuda -600s (1149/1152) from ACIA as previously announced in SpeedNews.

AVIATOR signed multi-year deal with Tunisia's Nouvelair for full handling services, including pax handling, ramp handling and de-icing, at Helsinki.

UNITED AIRLINES took delivery of new 737-9 (43455) on lease from DAE, completing SLB deal for 10 aircraft.

ROYAL AIR MAROC plans in June 2026 to begin Casablanca-Los Angeles (787).

Brad Pelachyk to Senior Vice President and Chief Global Supply Chain Officer of BAE Systems, Falls Church, VA.

AIRBUS is now targeting first flight of A350F in 3Q26 and first delivery/entry into service in 2H27. It has 82 orders.

GKN AEROSPACE has £12m contract from Sweden's FMV to develop and demonstrate a flying uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) within 18 months.

TIM AEROSPACE inaugurated new MRO hangar at Dubai South able to accommodate 12 narrowbodies or five widebodies.

GMF AEROASIA completed/redelivered first seven engines to Garuda and one engine/APU to Citilink under reactivation project for 26 units; remaining 17 units are currently in the assembly phase and undergoing material fulfillment.