DASSAULT AVIATION officially opened 110,760 sq meter production facility at Cergy (operational since mid-2024) for assembly of Falcon and Rafale skin panels, small parts and forward fuselages, outfitting Rafale fuselages, and producing metal hoses. It has taken over Argenteuil operations, excluding small primary part production, which was moved to Seclin.
SKYRYSE, CA unveiled AI-based Skylar flight assistant for its SkyOS universal operating system that monitors ATIS, ATC, and weather to provide safer flight operations, optimize routes/fuel burn, and reduce pilot workload.
ASHLAND PLACE announced its APL Finance 2025-1 ABS will issue $414.4m of notes backed by 13 narrowbodies, eight freighters, two widebodies and three narrowbody engines on lease to 15 lessees located in 13 jurisdictions.
SPIRIT AIRLINES secured up to $475m in DIP financing from existing bondholders and obtained another $120m of liquidity to support normal business operations during its restructuring. It also announced AERCAP agreed to pay Spirit $150m and allow Spirit to reject leases on 27 aircraft, resolving all claims and disputes between companies, reducing operating costs by hundreds of millions of dollars, and providing for the future delivery of 30 A320neo Family aircraft.
BRAVODELTA AERO-OPS was formed by Bryson Monteleone and Philip Carey to provide specialized transactional support for challenging aircraft trades, including mainline pax/freighter aircraft, business jets and military derivatives.
QARBON AEROSPACE, TX and NIAR (Wichita State University) teamed to develop and produce advanced aerostructures for defense, space, and commercial aerospace programs through multiple phases of joint research and prototyping, including advanced virtual design and simulation, new composite materials, and automated manufacturing.
