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KOREAN AIR finalized previously announced order for 27 A350-1000s and six A350-900s as part of fleet modernization and replacement program that also includes 50 A321neos, 10 787-9s, 20 787-10s and 30 737-8s (SPNWS; March 22).

Stephan Klose to Chief Operations Officer of Joramco, Jordan.

AVILEASE (PIF) closed US$700m dual-currency (USD/SAR) unsecured revolving credit facility with four Saudi banks.

C&L AEROSPACE signed agreement with AVIAN Inventory Management to assist in marketing and selling inventory of 85,000 individual part numbers and >18m total parts for ERJ 145, E170, E190, EMB 120, Legacy, Phenom, and Predator.

CPaT GLOBAL, TX was selected by Libya's Ghadames Air to provide distance learning systems for 737CL and 777 pilot/cabin crew training.

RESILIANT ENERGY, TX has acquired Reno, NV-based CHALLENGER AEROSPACE & DEFENSE (UAVs), expanding into $35b drone market.

GREENVERWAVE, France unveiled new SATCOM user terminal designed to maintain high-speed connectivity between LEO and GEO satellites.

GE AEROSPACE officially launched as an independent public company on April 2, following spin-off of GE Vernova.

James Palacios to Vice President of Sales and Business Development of PMW Aero, Liberty, SC.

GULFSTREAM received FAA type certification for G700, confirming two new performance improvements comprised of a (better) balanced field length takeoff distance of 5,995 ft/1,827 meters and a landing distance of 3,150 ft/960 meters.

AAR plans April 5 to break ground on 3-bay, 80,000 sq ft hangar at Will Rogers World Airport n Oklahoma City to support expansion of 737 heavy maintenance program for Alaska Airlines to a minimum of six lines (SPNWS; December 8).

EXECUJET MRO SERVICES MALAYSIA opened new 150,000 sq ft Dassault factory service center (with 105,000 sq ft hangar) at Subang Airport near Kuala Lumpur, which is able to handle both the Falcon 6X and larger Falcon 10X.

SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES leased ex-Pegasus 737-800 (40010) from Jackson Square Aviation.

SUN COUNTRY AIRLINES leased ex-EWA Air 737-800 (40910) from Aircastle.

AIR ASTANA reached compensation agreement with Pratt & Whitney over GTF availability issues; it executed purchase agreement with IAE to acquire a sixth spare PW1100 and finalized lease of two A320-200s for FLYARYSTAN for 1Q25.

GOGO BUSINESS AVIATION teamed with ATLAS AIR SERVICE to develop EASA STCs to install Galileo HDX broadband antenna on Cessna CitationJet series aircraft (>1,850 worldwide) and the Embraer Phenom 300 (750 aircraft worldwide).

AERRO DIREKT, Romania leased ex-flynas A320-200 (3218) with CFM56s from Air Lease Corporation.

AIRASIA leased ex-MYAirline A320-200 (4088) with CFM56s from Aircastle.

WAMOS AIR, Spain leased ex-Capital Airlines A330-200 (988) with Trent 700s from AerCap.

AIR ARABIA MAROC leased ex-Avion Express A320-200 (4649) with CFM56s from SMBC Aviation Capital.

UNITED AIRCRAFT resumed flight testing of Il-114-300 with first flight of second prototype to test stability/controllability.

INDIGO PARTNERS plans to distribute its 80% stake in FRONTIER AIRLINES to its Chairman (44%) and other investors.

AIR MALTA ceased operations in lieu of startup of State-owned KM MALTA AIRLINES with seven A320s (six neo).

SKY VISION AIRLINES, Egypt took delivery of A320-200P2F (2724; ex-Orange2fly) on lease from ST Aerospace Resources.

CPaT GLOBAL, TX was selected by Republic Airways to provide distance learning systems for E175 pilot training; deal includes CPaT Invent.