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Randi A. Bergi to Sales Engineer-Commercial Aircraft of Blueberry Aviation, Monaco.

VUELING, Spain leased ex-Wizz Air A320-200 (6115) with V2500s from Merx Aviation.

KAMAN and TEXTRON SYSTEMS teamed to collaborate on KARGO UAV.

WEINBERG CAPITAL GROUP acquired AVIOCRAFT, AZ (aircraft accessory MRO) to compliment Salt River Aviation.

EXECUJET MRO SERVICES MALAYSIA opened new 149,500 sq ft facility at Subang Airport, doubling current capacity.

SAFRAN HELICOPTER ENGINES has DRF Luftrettung contract to support >90 Arriel 2Es for H145s on SBH basis.

BOMBARDIER inaugurated $670m, 770,000 sq ft Global manufacturing facility at Toronto Pearson, replacing Downsview.

TEXTRON AVIATION opened 180,000 sq ft Beechcraft, Cessna and Hawker parts distribution facility in Wichita.

Con Korfiatis to Chief Executive Officer of Oman Air.

ASL AVIATION, Ireland placed deposit-backed order for 30 Cessna Caravan autonomous flight systems from Reliable Robotics, securing early delivery.

MALDIVIAN sold new ATR 42-600 (1601) to Abelo, and leased it back; aircraft is due to enter service by end of May.

AMERICAN AIRLINES plans in 2H24 to suspend several long-haul routes (JFK-Athens/-Barcelona, Chicago-Paris CDG, Philadelphia-Venice and DFW-Dublin/-Rome), it says earlier than planned due to delayed deliveries of 787s from Boeing.

MAXCRAFT AVIONICS, Canada was selected by Air Tindi to retrofit its six Dash-7s with new GARMIN flight deck.

BBN AIRLINES NORDIC (Bluebird Nordic) voluntarily surrendered its Icelandic AOC and terminated all operations.

GLOBAL AIRLINES ferried its first A380 (120; ex-China Southern) from Mojave to Glasgow Prestwick in partnership with Hi Fly in preparation for startup following interior refurbishment and development of maintenance structure at airport.

TEXEL AIR, Bahrain leased 737-800BCF (29374; ex-Air China) from AerCap.

PIVOT AIRLINES, Canada leased its first CRJ200 (7923; ex-Delta) from Alberta Aviation Capital, joining Dash 8-100.

WILLIS LEASE FINANCE had $20.9m net income on $119.1m revenues in 1Q24 vs $4.4m on $89.5m in 1Q23. It has 337 engines (vs 341 a year ago), 14 aircraft (vs 13), a marine vessel and leased parts and equipment worth $2.27b.