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TES, TX has exclusive distribution agreement with Honeywell for it business aircraft avionics systems.

TEXTRON AVIATION earned $128m on $1.34b revenues in 3Q24 vs $160m on $1.34b in 3Q23; it has $7.6b backlog. It delivered 41 jets/25 turboprops vs 39 jets/38 turboprops a year ago. BELL delivered 44 commercial helicopters vs 23.

JAPAN AIRLINES deployed the A350-1000 for Tokyo Haneda-London Heathrow, initially on alternate days with 777.

SAS plans June 27 to begin thrice-weekly Copenhagen-Nuuk, Greenland (A320).

SCOOT, Singapore took delivery of third/fourth E190-E2s (150/154) on lease from Azorra as part of deal for nine.

AIRBALTIC plans November 8 to begin Riga with Rzeszów, Poland (A220).

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES had $67m net income on $6.9b revenues in 3Q24 vs $193m on $6.5b in 3Q23; it has $10.4b in liquidity and says it has appointed six new independent Directors (five in connection with agreements reached with ELLIOTT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT) and says its Executive Chairman is accelerating retirement to November 1.

AJET (Turkish Airlines) leased third ex-Jetstar Pacific A320-200 (7378) with V2500s from Wings Capital Partners.

FRONTIER AIRLINES is considering making another bid to acquire SPIRIT AIRLINES, according to report in WSJ.