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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES took delivery of two 737 MAX-8s (61865/61866) on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital.
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David Wyndham to Vice President-Consulting Services of Asset Insight, Las Vegas.
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Kent Morrison to President of CPaT, Houston.
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US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 678,287 full-/part-time workers in November vs 748,590 in November 2019.
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LONDON HEATHROW handled 22.1m pax in 2020, down 73% from record 80.9m in 2019; cargo dropped 28% and aircraft movements fell 60%.
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US DOT reports fuel cost for US airlines was $1.20/gallon in Nov vs $1.99 in Nov 2019; consumption rose 5% vs Oct 2020.
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AIR EUROPA, Spain is expected to defer delivery of two 787-9s to 2025 and 14 737 MAXs to 2022 and beyond.
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LUFTHANSA GROUP reports it has raised £500m in aircraft financing in 2H20 using five A350s and three A320 Family aircraft as collateral; funds were
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EASYJET secured new 5-year, £1.4b term loan underwritten by bank syndicate and supported by UK Export Finance.
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PORTER AIRLINES has now set return-to-service date at March 29; it suspended operations on March 21, 2020.
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