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BEOND launched operations (Munich-Dubai-Maldives) with 44-seat A319-100 (2119; ex-Sundair) leased from BBAM.

GLOBAL JET CAPITAL reports y-o-y business jet flight operations dropped 3% in 3Q23, but 14% above 3Q19 levels.

EDMO, WA was selected by Aviation Design and Supply as exclusive distributor for Garmin GFC autopilot hardware kits.

Tom Lark to Vice President and General Manager of Summit Aviation (Greenwich AeroGroup), Middletown, DE.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK plans by end of November to induct its first LEAP-1B under CFM Branded Service Agreement.

AIRJAPAN (ANA Holdings) plans Feb 2024 startup of Tokyo Narita-Bangkok/-Seoul with 324-pax, all-economy 787-8s.

BOEING delivered the 1,000th Dreamliner, a 787-10 (60266) to SINGAPORE; it ended October with 750 on backlog.

UNITED announced $1.9b Terminal B Transformation Program at Houston IAH to handle projected 36m pax per year.

LUFTHANSA has pulled A380-800 (070) from storage in Teruel, leaving only two (038/041) of eight remaining in storage.

ERAA added VAN AIR Europe, Czech Republic, which operates 19-seat L410s, as its 57th member.

FLYDUBAI plans to build US$190m MRO facility at Dubai South for 4Q26 and US$56m, 38,000 sq ft flight training facility (with four 737 MAX full-flight simulators and FTD from CAE) on the flydubai Campus for January 2025.

Jennifer Kempsey to Regional Sales Manager-Corporate MRO of C&L Aviation Services, Bangor, ME.

BIG ISLAND JET CENTER plans mid-December opening of new AVFUEL-branded FBO in temp facility at Kailua-Kona’s Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport. It plans to build permanent 7,500 sq ft terminal for completion in late 2024.

NATO announced plan to acquire six BOEING-built E-7A AEW&C Wedgetail aircraft (737) for operation in 2031.

PRATT & WHITNEY has $870m sustainment contract from US DOD to support TF33 engines for B-52s and E-3s.

IAI has Altavair order to convert six 777-300ERs into freighters starting in 2025; deal includes four options.

PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA has 10-year Emirates contract to maintain/support 116 PW980 APUs on its A380s.

VALLAIR GROUP reached agreement with Saudi Arabia's National Industrial Development Center to develop narrowbody MRO, aircraft disassembly, component repair, aircraft painting and maintenance training operations in the Kingdom.