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PEREGRINE and LEE AEROSPACE teamed to deliver AVIATION CLEAN AIR ionization system installation data and STCs for the Citation 560XL.
MRO

SOUTHWEST is projecting year-over-year capacity drop of 40% for 4Q20 (35% in November/40-45% in December) and says it experienced a deceleration in
Air Transport

DHL

IS&S says its cockpitIP FPDS system upgrade has been installed on >400 757s and 767s and expects fleet to grow due to increase in freighter
MRO

Amos Kazzaz to Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Air Canada (effective February 15).
Air Transport

BOEING has $109m FMS contract from US Navy to provide P-8A Poseidon simulator/classroom training for the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF).
Defense

AERFIN was selected by Finnair to manage phase-out of retiring aircraft; collaboration starts with disassembly of an A319 (airframe by unidentified
MRO

AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS) was selected by Star Alliance to deploy all of its IT infrastructure on the cloud to reduce costs, improve performance and
Air Transport

TRANSAT received overwhelming shareholder approval for amended deal to be acquired by AIR CANADA (SPNWS; Oct 16).
Air Transport

UPS

UPS acquired MD-1F (48782; parked in San Antonio, TX) from Lufthansa Cargo and now has 40 MD-11Fs.
Air Transport

CHINA AIRLINES, Taiwan took delivery of its first (66890) of six 777Fs, becoming the 20th operator of 777F.
Air Transport

GA TELESIS UK was authorized by Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs to operate customs warehouse at Bournemouth from January 2021; it expects to process
Aerospace

PIPER AIRCRAFT has FAA certification for its Pilot 100i trainer; it plans to deliver first eight to AMERICAN FLYERS by end 2020.
Business Aviation

STARLUX AIRLINES, Taiwan plans in 2021 to begin daily Taipei-Los Angeles (A350-900).
Air Transport

LUNA INNOVATIONS, VA has $6.2m Lockheed Martin contract to supply fiber optic-based measurement products to support F-35 Lightning II fleet.
Defense

ETIHAD AIRWAYS placed the 787-10 ecoDemonstrator (60768) into service, and now operates 39 787s; aircraft was used as a flying testbed to accelerate
Air Transport

FEDEX EXPRESS took delivery of the first factory-built ATR 72-600F (1653) from ATR; ASL AIRLINES will operate aircraft.
Air Transport