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SpeedNews - December 27, 2019

December 27, 2019

Air Transport

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AIR BUSAN

Dec 20, 2019
AIR BUSAN agreed to lease one new LEAP-powered A321neo from SMBC Aviation Capital from Feb 2021 (SPNWS; Dec 20).
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FLYDUBAI

Dec 20, 2019
FLYDUBAI sold two 737-800s to Aurum Leasing (Trecastle Global/GTLK joint venture) for leaseback; Allen & Overy advised.
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STARLUX AIRLINES

Dec 20, 2019
STARLUX AIRLINES, Taiwan leased second new A321-200neo (9314) from GECAS; third (9147) is due shortly for startup.
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CABO VERDE AIRLINES

Dec 20, 2019
CABO VERDE AIRLINES took delivery of ex-La Compagnie 757-200 (29307); ex-American 757-200 (25695) is due shortly.
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AERGO CAPITAL

Dec 23, 2019
AERGO CAPITAL acquired ATR 72-600 (1285; leased to AFRIJET AIRLINES, Gabon); AELIS Group arranged (SPNWS; Nov 1).
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UNITED

Dec 23, 2019
UNITED further extended 737 MAX cancellations through June 4; it will supplement capacity with used narrowbodies.
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AIR CANADA

Dec 23, 2019
AIR CANADA took delivery of its first of 45 137-pax A220-300s on order; aircraft is slated to enter service in January 2020.
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ICELANDAIR CARGO

Dec 23, 2019
ICELANDAIR CARGO has 3-year contract from FedEx and TNT to handle all shipments to/from Iceland via Leige and East Midlands, UK starting in 2020.
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EXPRESSJET

Dec 23, 2019
EXPRESSJET has contract agreement with its TWU-represented dispatchers.
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ASL AIRLINES FRANCE

Dec 23, 2019
ASL AIRLINES FRANCE was placed on the IOSA register by IATA.
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ACI

Dec 23, 2019
ACI reports year-over-year pax growth of 2.3% in October; cargo dropped 2.9%.
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AZIMUTH AIRLINES

Dec 23, 2019
AZIMUTH AIRLINES began twice-weekly Karsnodar-Munich (SSJ100).
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PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES

Dec 23, 2019
Darcy Coonfer to Vice President-Flight Operations of Pacific Coastal Airlines, Canada.
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PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES

Dec 23, 2019
Ron Karger to Vice President-Maintenance of Pacific Coastal Airlines, Canada.
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PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES

Dec 23, 2019
Zahra Kawa to Vice President-Finance of Pacific Coastal Airlines, Canada.
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PACIFIC COASTAL AIRLINES

Dec 23, 2019
Rob Kidner to Vice President-Corporate Development of Pacific Coastal Airlines, Canada.
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AIRBALTIC

Dec 23, 2019
AIRBALTIC sold second new A220-300 (55071) to Chorus Aviation, and leased it back; three more are planned.
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HELVETIC AIRWAYS

Dec 23, 2019
HELVETIC AIRWAYS took delivery of its second (026) of 12 E190-E2s on order.

Aerospace

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SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS

Dec 20, 2019
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS was directed by Boeing to suspend 737 MAX production from January 1, which it says will have an adverse impact on its business,…
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TRIUMPH AEROSPACE STRUCTURES-INTERIORS

Dec 20, 2019
TRIUMPH AEROSPACE STRUCTURES-INTERIORS was selected by Boeing to provide additional composite environmental control ducting for 737 MAX, 777X and 787…
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SUKHOI

Dec 20, 2019
SUKHOI received Russian approval for new horizontal winglets for SSJ100; first was delivered to Severstal Aircompany.
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AAR

Dec 20, 2019
AAR had $14.2m net income for second quarter ended November 30 (vs $7m a year ago) on 14% higher sales.
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FLIGHTSAFETY INTERNATIONAL

Dec 20, 2019
Matthew De Foe to Manager-Paris Le Bourget Learning Center of FlightSafety International.
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EIRTECH AVIATION SERVICES

Dec 20, 2019
EIRTECH AVIATION SERVICES says it was approved by Russia's FATA for multiple minor mods and applied for FATA validations on several EASA STCs.
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EATON

Dec 23, 2019
EATON acquired SOURIAU-SUNBANK CONNECTION TECHNOLOGIES, France (interconnect solutions for harsh environments) from TransDigm for $920m.
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FLIGHTSAFETY INTL

Dec 23, 2019
FLIGHTSAFETY INTL has Lufthansa Training order to supply E190-E2 full flight simulator and cabin trainer for delivery in June 2020 to Zurich training…
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BOEING

Dec 23, 2019
Lawrence W. Kellner to non-executive Chairman of the Board of Boeing, Chicago.
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BOEING

Dec 23, 2019
David L. Calhoun to Chief Executive Officer and President of Boeing, Chicago (effective January 13); Dennis A. Muilenburg resigned.
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FERRA AEROSPACE

Dec 23, 2019
FERRA AEROSPACE, Australia plans to open 24,000 sq ft precision manufacturing facility (with nine machines) at Rogers, AR. It currently operates 50…

MRO

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MAGNETIC MRO

Dec 20, 2019
MAGNETIC MRO secured agreement from Austrian Airlines to reserve two narrowbody nose-to-tail slots for winter maintenance seasons in 2020-2023. By…
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328 SUPPORT SERVICES

Dec 20, 2019
328 SUPPORT SERVICES has 2-year contract from Eagle Air, Iceland to provide Dornier 328 maintenance starting Feb 2020.
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DONECLE

Dec 20, 2019
DONECLE, France was selected by LATAM to provide automated drone solution for visual aircraft inspections during A320 heavy checks at São Carlos,…
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N3 ENGINE OVERHAUL SERVICES

Dec 23, 2019
N3 ENGINE OVERHAUL SERVICES completed its first Trent XWB overhaul for Lufthansa; it also services Trent 500/700/900.

Space

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BOEING

Dec 20, 2019
BOEING successfully launched the first Starliner space capsule on Dec 20.

Defense

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EMBRAER and BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE

Dec 20, 2019
EMBRAER and BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE signed MOU to study potential development of new light military transport aircraft.
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BOEING

Dec 20, 2019
BOEING successfully launched the first Starliner space capsule on Dec 20.
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SWIFT ENGINEERING

Dec 23, 2019
SWIFT ENGINEERING was selected by Sikorsky (Lockheed Martin) to design and build the fuselage for its Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA)…

Business Aviation

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BOMBARDIER

Dec 23, 2019
BOMBARDIER received FAA certification for Global 5500/6500; it secured Transport Canada/EASA certification earlier in year.
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GULFSTREAM

Dec 23, 2019
GULFSTREAM delivered its 600th G550; the first entered service in 2003.
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HOLAND AUTOMOTIVE GROUP

Dec 23, 2019
HOLAND AUTOMOTIVE GROUP took delivery of second new 8-pax Learjet 75 from Bombardier for pax charters out of Montreal.
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EMBRAER

Dec 23, 2019
EMBRAER delivered the first Praetor 500 to FLEXJET under $1.4b deal for Praetor 500/600 and Phenom 300 (SPNWS; Oct 25).