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FAA

SPIRIT AIRLINES broke ground on new $250m, 500,000 sq ft headquarters facility in Dania Beach, FL (near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
Air Transport

US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 748,590 full-/part-time workers in November vs 728,690 in November 2018.
Air Transport

THOROUGHBRED AVIATION, KY launched an aircraft maintenance management service (MMS) for Part 91 flight operations.
Business Aviation

CHEVRON joined ALTA as an affiliate member; it has 139 aviation customers.
Air Transport

Luis Gallego to Chief Executive Officer of International Airlines Group, UK (effective March 26); Willie Walsh is retiring.
Air Transport

Rich High to Chief Executive Officer of FlightSafety Textron Aviation Training, Wichita.
Business Aviation

AAPA members flew 110.4b RPKs in November, up 3.6% vs Nov 2018; capacity rose 2.6% to 137.9b ASKs. PLF was 80.1%.
Air Transport

IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic increased 3.3% in November on 1.8% higher capacity; cargo traffic fell 1.1%.
Air Transport