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SAFRAN was selected by Japan Airlines to supply premium economy, business and first class seats for 13 A350-1000s.

JET PARTS ENGINEERING, WA has FAA approval for 12 new PMAs/DER repairs, including 737 MAX heat exchanger gaskets, pneumatic solenoid valve assemblies, CFM56-5 fan blade spacers and V2500 engine LPC bracket assemblies.

IPERIONX, NC has GKN Aerospace order to provide titanium plate test components manufactured via Hydrogen Sintering and Phase Transformation technologies to deliver strength/fatigue properties comparable to wrought titanium alloys.

NEPTUNE AVIATION, MT was appointed by Garmin as an authorized dealer for GPS nav systems, transponders, displays, and other aviation products.

DOKASCH, Frankfurt achieved technical approval for its temperature-controlled Opticooler RKN active containers with American Airlines Cargo.

EXPLEO was selected by Spirit AeroSystems to provide engineering services out of Tulsa, OK for program development using AI, digital twin and automation to maximize cost efficiency and accelerate time-to-market.

SATCOM DIRECT was selected by Planet Nine Private Air, CA as its preferred connectivity supplier with SD Plane Simple.

BOEING rolled out the first 747 this week in 1968. It produced 1,574 747s.

EMBRAER had US$57.9m net income on US$1.3b revenues in 2Q23 vs US$46.2m on US$1b in 2Q22. It has $17.3b backlog.