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DASSAULT AVIATION had €386m adjusted net income on €2.8b sales in 1H25 vs €442m on €2.5b in 1H24; it ended June with €48.3b backlog (75 Falcons) vs €43.2b (79 Falcons) a year ago. It delivered 12 Falcons in 1H25 vs 12 in 1H24.

PIPER announced orders from UND AEROSPACE for 145 Archer TX/Seminole trainers for delivery in 2027-2035 and optioned 43 more in deal valued at $155m; and from UNITED AVIATE ACADEMY for three Seminoles for late 2025.

NORTH AMERICAN FLIGHT SERVICES opened 40,500 sq ft FBO (with 20,000 sq ft hangar) at New York's Saratoga County Airport.

PIPER AIRCRAFT unveiled diesel-powered Seminole DX with 180-hp, turbo-charged DeltaHawk DHK4A180 engine.

SUNCLASS AIRLINES, Denmark leased new LEAP-powered A321neo (12679) from Aviation Capital Group.

AEROMECH has FAA STC to install Starlink high-speed internet connectivity on Cessna Citation Sovereign/Sovereign+.

SPIRIT AIRLINES plans November 6 to begin Fort Lauderdale-Key West, FL (A320).

HUBEI INTERNATIONAL CARGO AIRLINES was formed by Reignwood Aviation Group (90%) and Ezhou Changda Investment Holding Group (10%) for planned startup of intercontinental services out of Huahu International in 2H26 (fleet TBA).

FRONTIER AIRLINES plans in 4Q25 to launch services to Corpus Christi, TX; Richmond, VA and Tulsa, OK (A320).

VOLARIS posted US$63m net loss for 2Q25 (vs US$10m profit in 2Q24) on 4.5% lower revenues; y-o-y capacity rose 9%.

David Leblanc, Partner of jet Capital Advisors, was elected to Board of Directors of Thrust Engine Leasing.

Steven Van Wijk to General Manager-Greater China, based in Beijing, of Air France KLM.

COMPASS PRECISION acquired POCASSET MACHINE, MA (tool & die shop).

HALO AIRFINANCE (GA Telesis/Tokyo Century) closed two senior loans for Crestone Air Partners for two A319-100s.

SINGAPORE CHANGI handled 17.5m pax in 2Q25, up 5.9% vs 2Q24.

HEXCEL was selected by Kongsberg to supply HexWeb engineered honeycombs and HexPly prepregs over five years.

Thierry Merlot to Executive Vice President-Strategy of Hexcel (effective September 29).

Lilian Brayle to President of Aerospace-Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa & Industrial of Hexcel (effective September 29).

Jonathan Wareham to Senior Business Development Manager of Safran Electronics & Defense, France.

VSE AVIATION passed CAAC audit of its repair station in Miramar, FL.

BOEING forecasts need for 660,000 pilots/710,000 maintenance technicians/1m cabin crew members over next 20 years (vs 674,000/716,000/980,000 a year ago) to support global commercial fleet to surpass 49,600 aircraft by 2044.

COLLINS AEROSPACE earned $1.17b on $7.6b sales in 2Q25 vs $1.12b on $7b in 2Q24; increase in sales was driven by a 13% increase in commercial aftermarket, a 1% increase in commercial OE, and an 11% increase in defense.