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AMERICAN prepaid $550m loan from US Treasury Department from CARES Act and terminated agreement after closing $10b financing backed by AAdvantage
Air Transport

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES announced plan due to slow market recovery to place another two A320 Family aircraft into long-term storage until at least 2024/25
Air Transport

Michimasa Fujino, President & Chief Executive Officer of Honda Aircraft, was awarded the 2021 AIAA Reed Aeronautics Award.
Business Aviation

POBEDA issued tender for C-Check on a 737-800 in 4Q21; starting price is RUB234.74m and bids are due by April 12.
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ARIANA AFGHAN AIRLINES issued tender to acquire one 737-500 that should not be older than 24 years, should not be due for C-Check before one year and
Air Transport

ALLEGIANT AIR acquired two A320-200s (5166; ex-Peach/2674; ex-Alaska) with CFM56s and now has 73 A320s in fleet.
Air Transport

QATAR AIRWAYS plans in late March to resume three-times-weekly Doha-Mykonos, Greece (A320).
Air Transport

Roy Kinnear to Chief Commercial Officer of Air Malta.
Air Transport

ALASKA AIRLINES took delivery of new 737-9 (44080) and now has four 737 MAXs.
Air Transport

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES took delivery of new 737-8 (65440) and now has 58 737 MAXs.
Air Transport

TEXTRON AVIATION has contract to supply 28th and 29th King Air 350/360CERs for US CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.
Defense

BINTER CANARIAS took delivery of its fourth 132-seat E195-E2 (048) from Embraer; it has ordered five to modernize fleet.
Air Transport

UR AIRLINES, Iraq acquired ex-Kelowna 737-300 (25608); aircraft was stored at Amman, Jordan. It also has 737-400 (25765).
Air Transport

GA TELESIS FLIGHT SOLUTIONS GROUP was certified as civil aircraft parts distributor by Civil Aviation Maintenance Association of China (CAMAC), and is
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