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AEROMEXICO plans December 19 to restart Cancun-Miami (737-8).

FUYO purchased A321neo (10729; leased to VIVA AEROBUS) with GTFs from Aircastle; ALM will manage aircraft.

KOALA AIRLINES, Australia is seeking to add 737-8s to its AOC to launch domestic LCC services with 737-8s.

ALHIND AIR, India plans startup by end of 2024 of domestic services out of Kochi with three ATR 72s (TBA).

SWIFTAIR, Spain took delivery of its fifth DHL-owned 737-800BDSF (30073; ex-Blue Panorama) for CMI operations.

MANASIK AVIATION, Saudi Arabia acquired ex-Kam Air A340-300 (668) with CFM56s. It also operates an A330-200.

STARLUX AIRLINES plans December 2 to begin four-times-weekly Taichung-Okinawa, Japan (A321).

NG EAGLE, Nigeria agreed to acquire ex-Dana Air 737-300 (27721); aircraft was originally delivered to Southwest.

HEICO FLIGHT SUPPORT earned $154m on $682m sales for third quarter ended July 31 vs $89m on $405m a year ago, its 16th consecutive quarter of sales growth; it posted 17% y-o-y organic net sales growth for its replacement parts line.

SAS reached agreement with Norwegian cabin crew unions on new collective bargaining agreements, ending 4-day strike. It says it can now put its full focus on finalizing its restructuring to build and grow a profitable airline.

Hope DiGiusto to Vice President-Commercial of Stellar Solutions, CA.

COGNIZANT, NJ has acquired BELCAN, OH (ER&D services; 6,500 engineers) for $1.3b in cash and stock.

AIRBALTIC plans in 4Q24 to take delivery of its second CAE-built A220 simulator to provide additional 5,500-6,000 hours of training per year.

LOAR completed acquisition of APPLIED AVIONICS, TX (avionics interface solutions) for $385m (SPNWS; July 26).

BOEING forecasts (in 2024 CMO) delivery in China of 8,830 aircraft, including 1,575 widebodies, over the next 20 years, increasing fleet to 9,740 aircraft by 2043 to satisfy 5.9% annual pax traffic growth; services market is valued at $780b.

URUGUAYAN AIR FORCE ordered one A-29 Super Tucano, and optioned five, for delivery in 2025.