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TEXTRON AVIATION and IAM DISTRICT 70 agreed to resume negotiations on October 10; strike began September 21.

Chauncey McIntosh to VP and General Manager-F-35 Lightning II Program, based in Fort Worth, of Lockheed Martin (effective December 1).

BLUETAIL, AZ launched a Technical Services Partner Network to leverage its software platform to help Part 135 charter operators with conformity inspections, aircraft records audits and pre-purchase inspections to maximize aircraft uptime.

RHEINLAND AIR SERVICE, Germany was named by Tamarack Aerospace as authorized dealer for its active winglets.

AIRBUS delivered 50 aircraft (five A220s; 41 A320neo Family; A330neo; three A350s) in September vs 55 (four A220s; 44 A320neo Fam; two A330s; five A350s) in September 2023; has so far delivered 497 in 2023 vs 488 a year ago. It also booked order from unidentified customer for 20 A320neos/55 A321neos and now has 667 orders in 2024; see page 8.

BOEING and IAM DISTRICT 751 completed second day of mediated talks with no progress and have walked away from table. Through the mediator, Boeing withdrew its September 23 offer and its leaders are considering additional steps to preserve cash.

COMAC delivered six ARJ21s/four C919s in 3Q24 vs five ARJ21s/one C919 in 3Q23, leaving 454/1,023 on backlog.

ALTA added Dominican Republic's Arajet as a new airline member.

Meaghan Wells to Executive Vice President of Enterprise Planning and Strategy of Wheels Up.