SpeedNews

WESTJET plans January 17 to begin five-times-weekly Kelowna-Seattle (737); it will go daily from February 17.

SKYWEST had $75.6m net income on $867m revenues in 2Q24 vs $15.4m on $726m in 2Q23. It has $834m in cash.

IAT LEASING, Dublin acquired two A330-200s (1389/1404) from ORIX Aviation on behalf of Atalaya Capital Management.

AIRHAIFA, Israel took delivery of first (1701) of two ATR 72-600s with PW1217XT-Ms for startup.

CENTRUM AIR, Uzbekistan took delivery of ex-Novair A321neo (7807) with LEAPs on lease from Air Lease Corporation for operation by MY FREIGHTER. It is also expected to acquire new LEAP-powered A321neo (11996) in coming months.

DASSAULT AVIATION had €442m adjusted net income on €2.5b sales in 1H24 vs €405m on €2.3b in 1H23; it ended June with €41.2b backlog (83 Falcons) vs €34.4b (90 Falcons) a year ago. It delivered 12 Falcons in 1H24 vs nine in 1H23.

BOEING extended its exclusive parts/components distribution contract with Piper Aircraft for another five years.

FLYYO, Romania leased ex-flynas A320-200 (3256) with CFM56s from Air Lease Corporation for ACMI operations.

GE AEROSPACE was selected by Avolon to implement Asset Transfer System (ATS) to provide real-time visibility and access to maintenance records via user-friendly digital interface, an enhanced OCR search, and third-party collaboration.