WIZZ AIR opened new €38m, 2,500+ sq meter pilot training center at Italy's Rome Fiumicino Airport with two CAE-built A320 Family full-flight simulators (third to be installed in 2025) to support >4,800 pilots annually.
PURSUIT AEROSPACE, CT, formed in 2023 via merger of Whitcraft Group and Paradigm Precision, has acquired both PRESCOTT PRECISION DIE, AZ (tight tolerance engine components) and MERC AEROSPACE, UK (precision machining).
DE HAVILLAND CANADA completed contract negotiations with EU for 22 DHC-515 firefighter aircraft for rescEU operations; in honor of the historical significance of the aircraft, it was renamed De Havilland Canadair 515.
SIERRA NEVADA has integrated Systecon's Opus Suite software into its engineering and logistics processes for SAOC platform to enhance lifecycle management and facilitate early system design evaluation.
ST ENGINEERING has exclusive contract with India's Akasa Air to provide LEAP-1B maintenance, including Performance Restoration Shop Visit (PRSV) services, for about 225 MAXs over the next 15 years.
AVOLON delivered nine new/five used aircraft on lease to 11 customers in 3Q24 vs seven/four in 3Q23; it sold 11 aircraft vs 14 and ended quarter with an owned/managed/committed fleet of 1,019 aircraft vs 897 a year ago.
URBANLINK AIR MOBILITY, FL signed LOI to order 10 9-seat Alice all-electric commuter aircraft, and option 10, from Eviation for operation out of its hub cities of Miami, Los Angeles, and San Juan, PR. Eviation now has >$5b in orders.
