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PNG AIR leased ex-Virgin Australia ATR 72-600 (1025) for six years from Avation, which now has 100% fleet utilization.

EMBRAER named its 10 Suppliers of the Year: DSV, Brazil; NOVELIS, Germany; FASTWORK, Brazil; FACC, Austria; DIEHL AVIATION, Germany; GARMIN; IAE; LIEBHERR, Germany; FOKKER, The Netherlands; and GE AEROSPACE.

EVE AIR MOBILITY joined Japan’s Advanced Air Mobility Public-Private Committee to study AAM regulations/policies.

Tongyu Xu to Chief Sustainability Officer of FACC, Austria.

Rod Zastrow to President and Chief Executive Officer of Bye Aerospace, Denver.

ROBINSON HELICOPTER secured FAA approval for new empennage design for 2-seat R22, which includes a symmetric horizontal stabilizer and tailcone; design is now standard on new aircraft and available as a retrofit kit for in-service R22s.

MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES established a subsidiary in Vietnam.

Abdelouahab El Fettouhi to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Spairliners, Germany.

HAMAD INTL AIRPORT, Doha handled quarterly record 13.2m pax in 1Q24.

MIAT MONGOLIAN AIRLINES leased ex-Suparna 787-9 (60322) with GEnx-1Bs from AerCap.

BOEING has assumed operations/capabilities of GKN Aerospace's facility in St. Louis, which produces critical parts for the F/A-18 and F-15 programs.

EUROPEAN COMMISSION officially objected to proposed acquisition of AIR EUROPA by IAG over competition concerns.

AIRASIA GROUP agreed to reacquire its airline businesses from CAPITAL A in transaction valued at RM6.8b.

AIR CHINA had RMB1.7b net loss on RMB40.1b revenues in 1Q24 vs RMB2.9b loss on RMB25.1b in 1Q23.

AIR ARABIA MAROC leased ex-Peach A320-200 (7080) with CFM56s from BOC Aviation.

AIR CHINA agreed to order up to 100 C919s (extended-ranged version) for delivery in 2024-2031.