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EMBRAER delivered 19 commercial jets (nine E1-Jets/10 E2-Jets) in 2Q25 vs 19 (eight E1-Jets/11 E2-Jets) in 2Q24; and 26 (13 E1-Jets/13 E2-Jets) in 1H25 vs 26 (11 21 E1-Jets/15 E2-Jets) in 2H24. It plans 77-85 deliveries in CY25.

ARCHER completed initial flight of its Midnight aircraft at Al Bateen Executive Airport in Abu Dhabi in support of its Launch Edition commercialization program with ABU DHABI AVIATION to establish air taxi services in the city.

VIASAT was selected by LATAM Group to provide inflight connectivity for its long-haul 767s, 777s and 787s.

XTI AEROSPACE and MAGLEV AERO, Boston signed MOU to evaluate integration of MagLev's proprietary MagLev HyperDrive magnetically levitated electric propulsion technology into XTI's future hybrid-electric aircraft architectures, including the TriFan and UAVs; deal includes non-binding pre-order for up to 100 MagLev HyperDrive propulsion systems.

J&C AERO, Lithuania was selected by SAS to supply movable business class dividers for 110 A320s/E1-Jets.

CHINA AIRLINES agreed to lease five new A321neos from ALC and is negotiating for a second batch of three aircraft with details to be announced after contract signing. It also received Board approval to acquire five A350-900s (TBA).

PORTER AIRLINES plans in 4Q25 to begin E2 service to Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, Nassau, Grand Cayman and Liberia.

ABELO, Ireland acquired three ATR 72-600s (1276/1308/1313; leased to BRAATHENS REGIONAL) from Bramora.

AAPA members carried 31.21m pax in May, up 10.4% vs 28.26m in May 2024; capacity (ASKs) increased 9.5%.

RYANAIR plans in late October to begin twice-weekly Göteborg Landvetter-Porto/-Malta (737).

Steve Williamson to Chief Commercial Officer of Crestone Air Partners; Jamie Cooke was named Senior Investment Analyst.

Tori Cerda was promoted to Director-Marketing & Operations of Crestone Air Partners.

Andres Voth to Vice President of Business Development-Americas of Chromalloy, FL.

FREEBIRD AIRLINES, Turkey leased ex-Kuwait Airways A320-200 (6375) with CFM56s from Macquarie AirFinance.

LUFTHANSA SYSTEMS was selected by JetBlue to provide NetLine/Plan for network planning (first in US).

FLEXCOMPUTE, MA was selected by Joby Aviation to provide Flow360 simulation/analysis solution to accelerate eVTOL development.

ASTRONAUTICS was selected by US Navy (NAVAIR) to upgrade C/KC-130Ts with TSO-approved AFI4700 RoadRunner electronic flight instrument (EFI) under Global Positioning System Performance Based Navigation Upgrade program.

AIRBUS and CRITICAL SOFTWARE, Portugal signed LOI to collaborate on development of embedded safety-critical software across multiple domains, including avionics, cabin systems, and inflight connectivity technologies.

HUTCHINSON, France was selected by Deutsche Aerospace to supply primary insulation and low-pressure air ducting system for D328eco.

AVATHON, CA launched an industrial AI platform for aerospace and defense.

AVFLIGHT broke ground on new FBO, including 5,000 sq ft terminal/20,000 sq ft heated hangar, at Detroit City Airport for completion in December 2025; aircraft recently completed $3.5m runway renovation and LED taxi lighting upgrades.