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BOMBARDIER AVIATION earned $7m on $1.5b revenues in 1Q20 vs $664m on $1.4b in 1Q19 and delivered 31 aircraft (26 business jets) vs 28 (24). It expects

OAG says global capacity has now fallen to 26.6m seats per week vs 109m a year ago; rate of weekly capacity continues to decline, but it does at last

UNITED is making public offering of $2.25b of senior secured notes (secured by first priority security interests in a designated pool of 360 aircraft)

QATAR AIRWAYS plans phased expansion of operations from 30 to 50 destinations by end of May and 80 by end of June.

TENENCIA (Carlisle Interconnect Technologies) has developed solution to reconfigure passenger cabins for cargo transport with turnkey kit design

BAA TRAINING reopened its flight training base in Kaunas, Lithuania, and resumed Ab Initio flight training operations after COVID-19 distractions.

CARGO FACTS is reporting that >1,000 passenger aircraft are now in cargo operations; 777s and 787s account for 59%.

AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS and AUSTRAL are expected to be merged by Argentinan Govt by the end of 2020.

SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS lost $163m on $1.1b revenues in 1Q20 vs $163m net income on $2b in 1Q19; it delivered 18 MAX shipsets vs 152 a year ago, and has