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US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 711,554 full-/part-time workers in February vs 756,953 in February 2020 and 714,584 in January 2021
Air Transport

RAYA AIRWAYS, Malaysia leased third 767-200F (22224; ex-West Air Sweden) from Cargo Aircraft Management.
Air Transport

GA TELESIS was selected by Farwest Aircraft as global distributor of its Boeing proprietary aircraft maintenance tooling, electrical test equipment
MRO

XE JET, Nigeria purchased ex-Trans States ERJ 145LR (842) in deal arranged by Skyworld Aviation; aircraft will ferry to South Africa for base
Air Transport

CALLY AIR, Nigeria acquired ex-airBaltic 737-300 (29266) for startup out of Calabar Airport; second (30334) is expected.
Air Transport

TIGERAIR TAIWAN took delivery of its first (10682) GTF-powered A320neo; it also has 11 V2500-powered A320ceos.
Air Transport

DELTA AIR LINES sold new A330-900 (1983) to Blackbird Capital II (ALC) and leased it back; deal includes a second aircraft. ALC also delivered A330
Air Transport

BELAVIA-BELARUSIAN AIRLINES agreed to lease five 737-8s from Air Lease Corporation; first (43344) delivered.
Air Transport

ASL AVIATION HOLDINGS has secured US$125m debt facility from Goldman Sachs to partially finance its ongoing medium-haul fleet replacement program; it
Air Transport

BOC AVIATION signed 13 lease agreements in 1Q21 (vs 38 in 1Q20) and has owned/managed/committed fleet of 549 aircraft (vs 527 a year ago) with average
Air Transport

AJW TECHNIQUE renewed lease for its MRO facility near Montreal’s International Airport for another 10 years.
MRO

CONNECT AIRLINES is being formed by Waltzing Matilda Aviation at Toronto's Billy Bishop Airport for service to US with Dash 8-400s starting Oct 2021
Air Transport

AVELO AIRLINES plans April 28 to launch operations out of Southern California's Hollywood Burbank Airport (to inspire travel) using 189-seat 737-800
Air Transport

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