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Steven Townend to Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BOC Aviation, Singapore (effective January 2024).

FLYNAS, Saudi Arabia sold fifth A320neo (11761) to Avolon for leaseback, completing SLB deal agreed in May 2022.

SAS extended agreement with tour operator Apollo for 2024; deal is valued at SEK1.4b and covers flights from 15 locations in Scandinavia to 20 Mediterranean destinations in Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Spain and Turkey.

FRONTIER plans in March 2024 to open a crew base in Cleveland, where it has increased capacity by 53% since '22.

AIRBUS booked orders in October from undisclosed customers for eight A220-300s, three A321neos and 10 A350-900s. It has now secured orders for 1,399 aircraft in 2023: 47 A220s; 1,182 A320neo Family; 36 A330s; 134 A350s.

WESTJET plans in 2Q24 to begin Edmonton-San Francisco/-Nashville/-Atlanta and Vacouver-Detroit (737).

MY FREIGHTER, Uzbekistan leased 767-300ERBCF (29386; ex-Air Canada) from Cargo Aircraft Management.