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AXIOAERO GROUP (CORE Industrial Partners) has acquired AIRWAY AEROSPACE, FL (accessory/airframe/engine repair).

JOBY AVIATION agreed to acquire 700,000 sq ft manufacturing facility in Dayton, OH to support its plan to double production to four aircraft per month in 2027; new factory complements its existing production facilities in California and Ohio.

AVELO AIRLINES has been recapitalized to execute long-term strategy of closing bases at Mesa, Raleigh-Durham and Wilmington in favor of operating out of New Haven, Philadelphia/Delaware Valley, Charlotte/Concord, Central Florida/Lakeland and (new) Dallas/McKinney. It is also removing six 737-700s from fleet to focus on its 14 -800s and later E195-E2s.

SULLIVAN STREET PARTNERS completed acquisition of Senior's Aerostructures business for enterprise value of £200m (SPNWS; July 25) and rebranded business (seven global facilities) as ZENIX AEROSPACE, based in Birmingham, UK.

AERCAP plans underwritten public offering of $1.75b in senior notes to acquire/refinance aircraft and repay debt.

Scott McLarty to Group Chief Executive Officer of Zenix Aerospace, Birmingham, UK.

PAN AM FLIGHT ACADEMY (Acorn Capital Management) has acquired ALLIANCE AVIATION, FL (Part 142 flight training organization).

Alan Buckley to Managing Director-Chief Marketing Officer of Carlyle Aviation Partners, Miami.

Josh Hollin to Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Benchmark Electronics, AZ.

Kristen Samson to Vice President of Marketing & Communications of Chromalloy, FL.

ATL PARTNERS acquired SKYMARK (aircraft refueling trucks) and RAMPMASTER (aircraft refueling solutions) and combine companies to create specialty vehicle platform focused on aviation solutions, refueling, and GSE markets.

WIELAND GROUP, Germany has acquired Southern California-based TECHNI-CAST (centrifugal casting foundry) to complement its existing portfolio of extruded and cast products for aerospace, oil and gas and defense industries.

John Slattery was named Chair of the Board of Directors of Orbis International.

EMBRAER delivered 53 executive jets (28 Phenoms/25 Praetors) in 4Q25 vs 44 (22 Phenoms/22 Praetors) in 4Q24; and 155 (86 Phenoms/69 Praetors) in 2025 vs 130 (75 Phenoms/55 Praetors) in 2024, meeting high end of original guidance.

SETNA iO purchased one CFM56-5B4/3 for part out.

3TOP AVIATION SERVICES, UK acquired two ex-Alitalia E175-E1s (331/333) for part out by ATITECH in Rome.

WEST STAR AVIATION was named by Honeywell as a premier dealer for MSP avionics and control systems programs.