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US DOT reports US airline fuel cost was $2.65/gallon in May vs $2.75 in April 2024; y-o-y consumption rose 5.1%.

AIR INDIA took delivery of new A320neo (12156) with LEAPs on lease from CALC, concluding deal for nine.

MY FREIGHTER agreed to lease two 767-300BCFs from Airborne Global Leasing; first (25587; ex-Air Canada) delivered.

Zi-Jun K to Vice President of Marketing-Asia Pacific, based in Singapore, of Jackson Square Aviation.

BOEING booked orders in June from unidentified customers for two 737 MAXs and five 777Fs. It booked orders for 156 aircraft (101 narrowbodies/55 widebodies) in 1H24 vs 527 (366 narrowbodies/161 widebodies; Paris Air Show) in 1H23.

SICHUAN AIRLINES took delivery of second A330-300P2F (954; ex-SmartLynx Malta) on lease from CDB Aviation.

FALKO acquired two E190s (202/265; leased to AIRLINK) from Nordic Aviation Capital, the first two of a 24-aircraft deal.

UNITED applied to US DOT to begin daily Washington National-San Francisco (737-8); startup date is TBA.

ASHLAND PLACE FINANCING completed two new facilities for Windward Air Capital for two leased narrowbodies.

AIR LEASE CORPORATION delivered 13 aircraft from its orderbook in 2Q24 vs 19 in 2Q23, and ended quarter with owned/managed fleet of 541 aircraft, plus another 307 on order through 2009. It also sold 11 aircraft for $530m in net proceeds.

SUNEXPRESS, Turkey leased ex-Aeromexico 737-800 (34954) from BBAM.

TURKISH AIRLINES agreed to lease 10 new GTF-powered A321neos from AerCap.