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EXECUJET HAITE received CAAC approval to perform heavy maintenance on G650s and G650ERs at Tianjin Binhai.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK has 8-year China Southern Airlines contract to maintain HGT1700 APUs for its 20 A350-900s.

JOBY AVIATION and ARCHER AVIATION both received their Part 145 Repair Station Certificate from the FAA.

NEW SOUTH WALES AMBULANCE, Australia has placed its first PC-24 into service; it has a second on order with Pilatus.

HESTON MRO, Australia acquired Melbourne-based AVIATION NDT SERVICES. It plans to get approval for NDT training.

S&P GLOBAL RATINGS raised Embraer's credit rating from “BB+” to “BBB-” and maintained a stable outlook.

HEROPS (Hydrogen-Electric Zero Emission Propulsion System) was launched by Collins Aerospace, Eaton, Lufthansa Technik, MT Aerospace, MTU Aero Engines, NLR and Technical University Vienna to develop technologies for a hydrogen-powered electric powertrain, based on MTU’s Flying Fuel Cell, for regional aircraft for operation starting in 2035.

DYNAMATIC TECHNOLOGIES, India has contracts from Airbus to supply main pax doors, service doors, cargo doors and over-wing emergency exit doors for the A220 and from Dassault to supply flight-critical aerostructures for Falcon 6X.

INDRA was selected by NAV CANADA to deploy flight data processing and an air traffic flow management systems for Trajectory-Based Operations.

TRANSDIGM GROUP had $382m net income on $1.8b sales for first quarter ended Dec 31 vs $229m on $1.4b a year ago.

TRIUMPH has 5-year contract from unidentified Asia Pacific airline to provide CF6 nacelle MRO at Chonburi, Thailand.