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Aerospace

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ROLLS-ROYCE

Jun 15, 2020
ROLLS-ROYCE delivered the 8,000th engine built at Dahlewitz since June 1995. It currently produces the BR725, BR710, Pearl 15 and Trent XWB at…
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HAECO CABIN SOLUTIONS

Jun 15, 2020
HAECO CABIN SOLUTIONS developed new lav upgrades for hands-free operation, which include electric foot-controlled switch for flushing toilets,…
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MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT

Jun 15, 2020
MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT says obtaining type certification for SpaceJet M90 is company priority, focusing on reorganizing operations, improving the…
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SPARTAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY

Jun 15, 2020
SPARTAN COLLEGE OF AERONAUTICS AND TECHNOLOGY, OK announced an order with Piper Aircraft for 22 training aircraft with Garmin G1000 NXi avionics; it…
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CPaT GLOBAL

Jun 15, 2020
CPaT GLOBAL was selected by airBaltic to provide distance learning solutions.
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HONEYWELL

Jun 15, 2020
HONEYWELL formed Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) business unit to provide technology, software, services and certification expertise for emerging…
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AFG AERO & INDUSTRIAL

Jun 15, 2020
AFG AERO & INDUSTRIAL received AS9100 accreditation for quality at its precision machining and forging facility on Emmett Road in Houston, TX.
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EMBRAER

Jun 16, 2020
EMBRAER has secured US$600m in working capital and export financing equally from Brazilian National Bank of Economic and Social Development (BNDES)…
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STRATA MANUFACTURING

Jun 16, 2020
STRATA MANUFACTURING and SOLVAY completed construction of their 8,500 sq meter joint venture facility in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi for producing pre…
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BAA TRAINING CHINA

Jun 16, 2020
BAA TRAINING CHINA was opened by Avia Solutions Group and HNCA at 10,000 sq meter facility at Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone (ZAEZ), Henan with…
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ADAMS RITE

Jun 17, 2020
ADAMS RITE, CA has developed its own set of Touchfree lav products for hands-free operation. It says its recent consumer research study found 76% of…
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VSE AVIATION

Jun 17, 2020
VSE AVIATION, as distribution partner, reports that laboratory testing of Aviation Clean Air's airborne and ACA/IAE's ground-use ionization…
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CAE

Jun 17, 2020
CAE has received certification from Health Canada for its Air1 ventilator.
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AERO-SHIELD CAPITAL

Jun 17, 2020
AERO-SHIELD CAPITAL, IL passed its initial accreditation audit by the Aviation Suppliers Association, and now meets FAA AC 00-56B and ASA-100 for…
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TRIUMPH SYSTEMS & SUPPORT

Jun 18, 2020
TRIUMPH SYSTEMS & SUPPORT, Grand Prairie, TX received AS9110 certification for quality aerospace MRO management systems.
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DASSAULT SYSTÈMES

Jun 18, 2020
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES was selected by Vertical Aerospace, UK to provide 3DEXPERIENCE platform to manage development of its Seraph eVTOL aircraft…
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AMETEK PDS

Jun 18, 2020
AMETEK PDS, PA was selected by Dornier Seawings to supply starter generators, generator control units (GCUs), aileron trim actuators and rudder trim…

Air Transport

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LAGUARDIA AIRPORT

Jun 15, 2020
LAGUARDIA AIRPORT opened new 850,000 sq ft Arrivals and Departures Hall at Terminal B as part of $4b, 1.3m sq ft redevelopment project; Terminal B…
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JETSTAR PACIFIC

Jun 15, 2020
JETSTAR PACIFIC plans to change name to PACIFIC AIRLINES and will change its reservation system from Navitaire to Sabre to streamline its bookings,…
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SAS

Jun 15, 2020
SAS secured support from SWEDEN and DENMARK for SEK12.5b recapitalization plan that includes 5,000 layoffs, productivity improvements of 15-25% in…
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AIR FRANCE

Jun 15, 2020
AIR FRANCE says it plans to operate at 20% of normal capacity by end of June, gradually increasing to 35% in July and 40% in August, using 106 of its…
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PEGASUS AIRLINES

Jun 15, 2020
PEGASUS AIRLINES restarted international service with flights to Germany, then gradually to several other cities in Europe.
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FRANKFURT AIRPORT

Jun 15, 2020
FRANKFURT AIRPORT handled 272,826 pax in May, down 95.6% vs May 2019; traffic was down 57.2% year-over-year for first five months of 2020.
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WESTJET

Jun 15, 2020
WESTJET says from July 5 through August 4, it plans to operate to 45 destinations, including 39 in Canada, five in US and one in Mexico, which is an…
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VIETJET

Jun 15, 2020
VIETJET had VND3,868b pretax profit in 2019, up 27% vs 2018; revenues rose 22% to VND41,252b, including VND9,350b in aircraft SLB activity. It took…
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AMERICAN

Jun 15, 2020
AMERICAN expects 2Q20 revenue to be 90% lower than 2Q19; total system capacity fell 75%. Its cash burn rate has decelerated from >$100m/day in April…
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US DOT

Jun 15, 2020
US DOT reports 23 US scheduled pax airlines recorded $5.2b cumulative net loss in 1Q20 (vs $2b profit in 1Q19) on $37.3b operating revenues (vs $44…
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UNITED

Jun 15, 2020
UNITED expects to end 3Q20 with total available liquidity of $17b, following committed financing of $5b secured by MileagePlus loyalty program, as…
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CDB AVIATION

Jun 15, 2020
CDB AVIATION announced its investment grade (IG) ratings were reaffirmed by S&P Global, Fitch Ratings, and Moody's.
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CORSAIR

Jun 15, 2020
CORSAIR retired its last three 747s as part of fleet renewal/modernization program and now operates an all-A330 fleet.
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CHINA SOUTHERN

Jun 15, 2020
CHINA SOUTHERN took delivery of two 777-200Fs and one A320neo in May and returned an E190, an A319 and four A320s to lessors. It has 853 aircraft:…
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EASYJET

Jun 16, 2020
EASYJET finalized agreement with Airbus to defer delivery of 24 A320neo Family aircraft from FY20-FY22 to FY25-FY27; eight others are being deferred…
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SAS

Jun 16, 2020
SAS plans in July to increase capacity to >40 aircraft from 30 in June, equivalent to year-over-year drop of just under 30%.
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IATA

Jun 16, 2020
IATA warned airline industry faces a hard winter and called on governments to continue providing COVID-19 relief measures.
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

Jun 17, 2020
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES secured financing for six 737-800s from Aviation Capital Group via its Aircraft Financing Solutions (AFS) program, which recently…
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AZUL

Jun 17, 2020
AZUL and LATAM AIRLINES BRAZIL agreed to codeshare on domestic routes in Brazil and share frequent flyer programs.
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STRATA MANUFACTURING

Jun 16, 2020
STRATA MANUFACTURING and SOLVAY completed construction of their 8,500 sq meter joint venture facility in Al Ain, Abu Dhabi for producing pre…
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LUFTHANSA GROUP

Jun 17, 2020
LUFTHANSA GROUP plans June 25 to hold Extraordinary General Meeting to gain shareholder approval for €9b stabilization package from WSF for 20% stake…
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NORWEGIAN

Jun 17, 2020
NORWEGIAN plans July 1 to begin short haul flights from London Gatwick/Edinburgh to Scandinavia with 15 weekly flights.
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LUFTHANSA GROUP

Jun 17, 2020
LUFTHANSA GROUP says GERMANWINGS will not resume flight operations as an effect of its post-COVID-19 restructuring.
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SOUTHWEST

Jun 17, 2020
SOUTHWEST estimates it has about 24 months of liquidity, based on current cash and short-term investments of $13.9b, the remaining $978m of PSP…
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WIZZ AIR

Jun 17, 2020
WIZZ AIR plans in September 2020 to establish a new base (one A320) at Pulkovo St. Petersburg Airport, its first base in Russia and 32nd in the world…
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SWOOP

Jun 17, 2020
SWOOP, Canada issued RFP via Routes Online seeking strategic airport partners in North/Central America and Caribbean to collaborate to stimulate…
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LATAM AIRLINES ARGENTINA

Jun 18, 2020
LATAM AIRLINES ARGENTINA ceased operations indefinitely due to current local industry conditions, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic; it has 13…
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QATAR AIRWAYS

Jun 18, 2020
QATAR AIRWAYS says it will not take delivery of any new Boeing/Airbus aircraft in 2020 or 2021 and any aircraft to be delivered in next 2-3 years…
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AIR LEASE CORPORATION

Jun 18, 2020
AIR LEASE CORPORATION is making public offering of $850m in senior unsecured medium-term notes; net proceeds will be used for general corporate…
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QATAR AIRWAYS

Jun 18, 2020
QATAR AIRWAYS says it does not expect to return to 2019 traffic levels for two years; it is against social distancing on aircraft.
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CHAPMAN FREEBORN

Jun 18, 2020
CHAPMAN FREEBORN (Avia Solutions Group) agreed to acquire ARCUS AIR LOGISTICS, Germany, which provides ad-hoc cargo charters (primarily for…
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VUELING

Jun 18, 2020
VUELING plans to resume international service (Barcelona-Amsterdam/-Milan) on June 22, adding -Rome/-Copenhagen by end of June.
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EUROCONTROL

Jun 18, 2020
EUROCONTROL says it handled >8,000 operations on June 17 (first since March 20), including 400 flights by TURKISH AIRLINES (highest number by single…
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AIRLINES FOR AMERICA

Jun 18, 2020
AIRLINES FOR AMERICA (A4A) reports that US passenger airlines had 2,736 aircraft (44% of fleet) parked on June 14, down from peak of 3,204 aircraft …
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VISTARA

Jun 18, 2020
VISTARA, India is reportedly in discussions with Boeing to defer delivery of six 787s from 2020-2021 to 2022 or 2023.
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US DOT

Jun 18, 2020
US DOT says US scheduled pax airlines employed 428,569 full-time equivalent (FTE) workers in April, down 4% vs April 2019 (first month of year-over…
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JETBLUE AIRWAYS

Jun 18, 2020
JETBLUE AIRWAYS is adding 30 new domestic routes to serve leisure market, which it says is showing some signs of strength as business travel is…
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EMIRATES

Jun 18, 2020
EMIRATES is adding scheduled service to 10 more cities: Colombo (from June 20), Sialkot (June 24), Istanbul (June 25); Auckland, Beirut, Brussels,…
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QANTAS

Jun 18, 2020
QANTAS has canceled all international flights until late October (with possible exception of transTasman Sea routes) due to extended closure of…
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MESA AIRLINES

Jun 18, 2020
MESA AIRLINES permanently removed two (of 59) CRJ900s from its capacity purchase agreement with AMERICAN AIRLINES.

Who'sNews

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WHO'SNEWS: EMBRAER

Jun 15, 2020
Arjan Meijer to President and Chief Executive Officer-Commercial Aviation of Embraer.
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WHO'SNEWS: GE AVIATION

Jun 15, 2020
John Slattery to President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Aviation (effective July 13); David Joyce is retiring.
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WHO'SNEWS: LOCKHEED MARTIN

Jun 15, 2020
James D. Taiclet to President and Chief Executive Officer of Lockheed Martin; Marilyn Hewson will become Executive Chairman.
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WHO'SNEWS: ACR ELECTRONICS

Jun 15, 2020
Marc Medeiros to Vice President-ARTEX of ACR Electronics, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
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WHO'SNEWS: DRAGON AVIATION CAPITAL

Jun 15, 2020
Kim Soo Dong to Technical Project Manager, based in Seoul, South Korea, of Dragon Aviation Capital.
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WHO'SNEWS: MITSUBISHI AIRCRAFT

Jun 15, 2020
Yasuhiko Kawaguchi to Executive Chief Engineer of Mitsubishi Aircraft, Japan.
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WHO'SNEWS: EMBRAER

Jun 15, 2020
Arjan Meijer to President and Chief Executive Officer-Commercial Aviation of Embraer.
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WHO'SNEWS: CAE

Jun 17, 2020
Heidi R. Wood to Interim Group President-Defence and Security of CAE, Canada; Todd Probert is stepping down.
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WHO'SNEWS: APOC AVIATION

Jun 17, 2020
Karim Grinate to Vice President-Component Sales of APOC Aviation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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WHO'SNEWS: MTU AERO ENGINES

Jun 17, 2020
Klaus Eberhardt was extended as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MTU Aero Engines, Germany.
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WHO'SNEWS: GA TELESIS

Jun 18, 2020
John Wales to Director-APU Product Line of GA Telesis, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Defense

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SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS

Jun 15, 2020
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS received $80m from US DOD to expand domestic production capability for advanced tooling, composite fabrication and metallic…
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TRIUMPH GROUP

Jun 15, 2020
TRIUMPH GROUP has 4-year Lockheed Martin contract to supply hydraulic utility actuation (HUA) valves for F-35.
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GE AVIATION

Jun 16, 2020
GE AVIATION was selected by Bell Textron to provide the Health Awareness System for Team Invictus' Bell 360 prototype being offered for U.S. Army’s…
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BOEING

Jun 17, 2020
BOEING delivered first two F/A-18 Block III Super Hornet flight test aircraft (single-seat E model and two-seat F model) to US Navy; upgrades include…

Business Aviation

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TEXTRON AVIATION

Jun 15, 2020
TEXTRON AVIATION delivered its 250th Citation M2 to FAST RABBIT AVIATION, WA; first was delivered in December 2013.
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GULFSTREAM

Jun 17, 2020
GULFSTREAM booked order for its last commercially available G550 for delivery in 2021 and will now wind down production.
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CLAY LACY AVIATION

Jun 18, 2020
CLAY LACY AVIATION, CA added five business jets (GV; Global 6000; GIV-SP; Challenger 350; Falcon 2000) for charter.
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FLIGHTDOCS

Jun 18, 2020
FLIGHTDOCS, FL has joined San Francisco-based ATP to form single software solutions/information services company for aircraft maintenance tracking,…

MRO

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AIRCRAFT END-OF-LIFE SOLUTIONS

Jun 15, 2020
AIRCRAFT END-OF-LIFE SOLUTIONS (AELS), Netherlands took delivery of ex-Lufthansa 747-400 (28086) for part out. It is also currently dismantling two…
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TRAX

Jun 15, 2020
TRAX unveiled eContent Control web app to facilitate easy access to aircraft records for more efficient lease returns of aircraft, engines, APUs and…
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ST ENGINEERING

Jun 16, 2020
ST ENGINEERING was authorized by CAAS to perform aircraft inspections (GVIs) using its in-house developed DroScan drone solution. It completed a…
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BILSING AUTOMATION TURKEY

Jun 16, 2020
BILSING AUTOMATION TURKEY added laser metal deposition (LMD) additive manufacturing process, also known as laser cladding, for repair of aviation…
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TARMAC AEROSAVE

Jun 17, 2020
TARMAC AEROSAVE opened its fourth aircraft storage site at Paris-Vatry and now has overall capacity for 270 aircraft.
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GAMECO

Jun 17, 2020
GAMECO launched its 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter program at Guangzhou; converted aircraft has 52,800 lb payload.
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THOMAS GLOBAL SYSTEMS

Jun 17, 2020
THOMAS GLOBAL SYSTEMS, Australia has JCAB STC to install TFD-7000 Series plug-and-play LCD flight displays on Japanese-registered, CRT-equipped 767s;…
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MAGNETIC MRO

Jun 17, 2020
MAGNETIC MRO completed its first virtual aircraft inspection due to COVID-19.

Business Aviation/MRO

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JET SUPPORT SERVICES

Jun 16, 2020
JET SUPPORT SERVICES (JSSI) was selected by Jetcraft as partner to establish 6-month post-purchase maintenance support package for its customers;…
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DUNCAN AVIATION

Jun 16, 2020
DUNCAN AVIATION has strategically stationed technicians from its engine Rapid Response Team (RRT) network around the country to assist operators in…
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ABS JETS

Jun 17, 2020
ABS JETS, Slovak Republic completed its second 192-month/16-year inspection on a Legacy 600 in its managed portfolio.
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FAI TECHNIK

Jun 17, 2020
FAI TECHNIK, Germany completed 10,000-man-hour, Project Pearl refurbishment of Global Express (9016) that included 15/30/60-, 120- and 240-month…
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SKANDIA

Jun 18, 2020
SKANDIA, IL received final Transport Canada STC for its acoustic soundproofing kit for all variants of Pilatus PC-12.