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Brian Garceau to Director-Inventory Management of AVIAN Inventory Management

VOLARIS took delivery of new GTF-powered A320neo (12406) on lease from CDB Aviation.

THE THERMAL GROUP has acquired Utah-based ACT AEROSPACE (composite structures). Houlihan Lokey advised.

Anna Clementina Veclani to Managing Director-Italy and Southern Europe, based in Rome, of Boeing.

LUFTHANSA TECHNIK COMPONENT SERVICES is building 25,000 sq ft expansion to its 115,000 sq ft facility at Tulsa, OK for end 2025. It also announced plans to introduce new capabilities, including repair of Integrated Drive Generators.

STANDARDAERO has 15-year contract from an unidentified Middle East airline for LEAP maintenance at San Antonio.

PILATUS secured Royal Netherlands Air Force as launch customer for eight PC-7 MKX trainers for delivery from 1H27.

Otto Gergye to Chief Commercial Officer of Avianca.

TRUENOORD announced private offering of US$400m senior unsecured notes to repay debt and finance aircraft assets.

FLYDUBAI is set to open new 38,000 sq ft flight training center (with six simulator bays) in coming weeks to offer capacity of >43,000 training hours per year; two 737 sims have been installed with two more to be added by end 2026.

CPaT GLOBAL was selected by Denmark's DAT to provide pilot training products, including Aircraft Systems, for A320 and ATR72-500/600.

CAE has Turkish Airlines contract for crew management and Unified Task Board (situational awareness/disruption management) solutions for OCCs.

FRONTIER AIRLINES had $85m net profit in 2024 (vs $11m loss in 2023) on 5.2% higher revenues. It has 159 aircraft.

AVIANCA plans June 3 to begin three-times-weekly seasonal San Salvador-Chicago O'Hare (A320).

KOREAN AIR posted KRW1,254b net profit for 2024 (vs KRW917b in 2023) on 10.6% higher revenues. It has 161 aircraft.

ALTAVAIR ordered two 777Fs for delivery in 2025-2026. BOEING currently has backlog for about 75 777Fs.

AIRBUS announced orders in January from five undisclosed customers for 45 aircraft (25 A320neos; A321neo; 10 A330-900s; three A350Fs; six A350-900s). It also booked five A350Fs with STARLUX and five A350-1000s with LUFTHANSA.

Conrad Vandersluis to Vice President-Asset Management of Sentry Aerospares, UK.

BOEING forecasts delivery of 2,835 new aircraft (20 freighters) in India and South Asia over next 20 years, quadrupling fleet to support 7% annual traffic growth. It also sees demand for 129,000 new pilots, cabin crew and technicians.

AIRBUS delivered 25 aircraft (three A220s; 20 A320neo Family; no A330s; two A350s) in January vs 30 (two A220s; 26 A320neo Family; two A330s; no A350s) in Jan 2024; delivery guidance for 2025 is expected to be announced Feb 20.

Jeff Martin to Executive Chairman of the Board of LAUNCH Technical Workforce Solutions, Oak Brook, IL.

3TOP AVIATION SERVICES acquired fourth ex-Tarom A318-100 (3225) with CFM56s for part out by ECUBE in Spain.

STANDARDAERO has CAAC approval for LEAP-1A and LEAP-1B maintenance at San Antonio, TX.

AFI KLM E&M ordered 10 spare LEAP engines for delivery starting in 2025 to support its Premier MRO program.