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John M. Lamola to Group Chief Executive Officer of South African Airways.

Jason Greenberg to Chief of Legal and General Counsel of Crestone Air Partners, Denver.

EIRTRADE AVIATION MAINTENANCE received EASA Part-145 approval to add A319/320/321 (PW1100) and A321XLR.

AVIA SOLUTIONS GROUP announced that AVION EXPRESS BRASIL received its AOC to launch ACMI operations in 1Q25 with A320s; it plans to operate 10 by end of 2025 and 25 by 2027/2028. Australia's SKYTRANS received AOC to operate narrowbodies (A319) on ACMI operations.

EUROWINGS plans November 3 to begin three-times-weekly Berlin Brandenburg-Abu Dhabi (A320).

FRONTIER AIRLINES plans to begin Atlanta-Aruba on May 24 and -San Pedro Sula, Honduras on June 12 (A320).

AIRASIA X had RM229.1m net income in 2024 (vs RM336.5m in '23) on 28% higher revenues. It has 18 A330s (17 active).

Bernadette Ryan to Vice President of Contracts of Crestone Air Partners, Denver.

IAG had €392m net income on €8b revenues in 4Q24 vs €504m on €7.2b in 4Q23; and €2.73b net profit on €32.1b in 2024 vs €2.66b on €29.5b in 2023. It now has 601 aircraft (396 short-/205 long-haul) vs 582 a year ago. BRITISH AIRWAYS earned €2.4b vs €1.6b; IBERIA €867m vs €940m; VUELING €400m vs €396m; AER LINGUS €205m vs €225m.

VOLARIS earned US$413m in 2024 (vs US$223m in 2023) on 3.6% lower revenues. It operates 143 pax aircraft.

AZUL earned R$6.1b in 2024 (vs R$5.2b in 2023) on 4.4% higher revenues. It operates 181 pax aircraft.