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Pieter Bootsma, EVP and Chief Strategy Officer of Air France-KLM, announced he is leaving company (effective January 1).

BREEZE AIRWAYS plans January 12 to begin twice-weekly Gulfport, MS-Las Vegas/-Tampa (A220-300).

IATA added United Nigeria as new member; 18 airlines joined in '23.

SOUTHWIND AIRLINES, Turkey leased ex-Singapore 777-300 (33376) with Trent 800s from Sky One FZE.

AIR CANADA leased ex-EVA Air A321-200 (5808) with CFM56s from Amedeo.

AWESOME CARGO, Mexico received its AOC for startup out of AIFA with A330-200 (1218; ex-Alitalia) in Class E cargo configuration with no cargo door (SPNWS; February 10); AVENSIS AVIATION, UK modified aircraft under MEDIUS STC.

FINNAIR GROUP earned €94.3m on €817.3m revenues in 3Q23 vs €35.2m on €719.2m in 3Q22; traffic rose 6.6%.

JETBLUE AIRWAYS agreed to finance leases of two A321neos and eight A220-300s with BOC Aviation, Singapore.

GRIFFIN GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT and BAIN CAPITAL SPECIAL SITUATIONS agreed to acquire pool of 17 Trent engines, to be owned by newly formed standalone entity, for use as spares for Rolls-Royce global customer base.

SITA was selected by Azul to supply eWAS and OptiClimb solutions for trial.

Rachel Yangoyan to Chief Executive Officer of QantasLink, Australia.

AIR ASTANA took delivery of its 11th new GTF-powered A321LR (11542) and now has 48 aircraft, including 40 Airbus.

HENSOLDT and AIRDYNE AEROSPACE, FL teamed to offer new mission suite for C-130 that combines HENSOLDT’s 'MissionGrid' portfolio of different sensors and mission management systems with Airdyne’s SABIR modular system.