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Air Transport

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HANS AIRWAYS

Sep 02, 2022
HANS AIRWAYS completed formal route proving flight out of Birmingham for UK CAA using ex-Air Europa A330-200 (950); STS AVIATION SERVICES provided…
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VIVA AEROBUS

Sep 02, 2022
VIVA AEROBUS plans in December to open its sixth base at Mérida with two A320s serving 10 destinations (three new).
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WIZZ AIR

Sep 02, 2022
WIZZ AIR plans in December to add a fifth aircraft (A321) at Vienna to add service to Madeira, Riyadh and Jeddah.
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AIR GREENLAND

Sep 02, 2022
AIR GREENLAND retained Skytech-AIC, UK to market its A330-200 (230) for sale for delivery in March 2023.
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CPaT GLOBAL

Sep 02, 2022
CPaT GLOBAL was selected by Global One Training Group, FL to provide aircraft distance learning courses and procedures suite for 737CL.
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AIRSIAL

Sep 02, 2022
AIRSIAL, Pakistan is expected to lease two A320-200s (5472/TBA) from BOC Aviation to start international operations.
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ITA AIRWAYS

Sep 02, 2022
ITA AIRWAYS, Italy took delivery of its first A220-300 (55168) on lease from Air Lease Corporation.
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MIAT

Sep 06, 2022
MIAT, Mongolia leased ex-ASL Airlines Belgium 757-200PCF (25397) with PW2040s from Aquila Air Capital.
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AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP

Sep 06, 2022
AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP closed $425m senior unsecured term loan with a syndicate of lenders and Mizuho Bank, as administrative agent; loan matures in…
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CONNECT AIRLINES

Sep 06, 2022
CONNECT AIRLINES agreed to lease three Dash 8-Q400s (4327/TBA/TBA) from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC).
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AMERICAN AIRLINES

Sep 06, 2022
AMERICAN AIRLINES purchased four E170s and four CRJ900s from NAC for operation by ENVOY AIR and PSA.
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AVELO AIR

Sep 06, 2022
AVELO AIR leased ex-Vistara 737-800 (39401) from AerCap.
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ASKY AIRLINES

Sep 06, 2022
ASKY AIRLINES, Togo leased ex-Myanmar National 737-800 (43422) from AerCap.
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CHICAGO O'HARE

Sep 06, 2022
CHICAGO O'HARE handled 6.6m pax in July, down 29% vs July 2019.
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SINGAPORE CHANGI

Sep 06, 2022
SINGAPORE CHANGI is reopening southern wing of T2 for departures on Oct 11 following resumption of arrival operations at terminal in May 2022.
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FALKO

Sep 06, 2022
FALKO established dedicated team to manage/grow its aircraft trading activities in regional aircraft secondary market.
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INFORM

Sep 06, 2022
INFORM, Germany was selected by KLM to provide its AI-powered WorkforcePlus software to optimize workforce scheduling for employees.
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ALLEGIANT

Sep 06, 2022
ALLEGIANT announced it has repaid $24.8m emergency relief loan received under the CARES Act in April 2020.
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CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES

Sep 06, 2022
CHINA SOUTHERN AIRLINES and VIETNAM AIRLINES signed cooperation agreement to establish strategic partnership.
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ETF AIRWAYS

Sep 06, 2022
ETF AIRWAYS, Croatia established two carriers to fly scheduled services in the Caribbean, FLY-LI in Reunion and FLY-WI in Martinique, to initially…
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SAS

Sep 06, 2022
SAS requested court approval to reject leases of 10 aircraft to their lessors, including two A350-900s (378/391), three A330-300s (1665/1697/1715),…
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ISRAEL

Sep 06, 2022
ISRAEL banned all 747s and other four-engine aircraft in its airspace from March 2023 over environmental concerns.
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TURKISH AIRLINES

Sep 06, 2022
TURKISH AIRLINES took delivery of its first A320neo (11037) on lease from CDB Aviation for ANADOLU JET.
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SKYUP AIRLINES

Sep 06, 2022
SKYUP AIRLINES, Ukraine leased a CFM56-7B from Aerovista, Dubai for its ACMI operations in Europe.
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SWOOP

Sep 08, 2022
SWOOP plans to begin Hamilton-Fort Lauderdale on December 16 and -Punta Cana on January 11 (737).
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IATA

Sep 08, 2022
IATA reports year-over-year global pax traffic was up 58.8% in July on 37.3% higher capacity; cargo fell 9.7%. It adds some markets approaching pre…
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ASHLAND PLACE

Sep 08, 2022
ASHLAND PLACE financed three 737-800s for Royal Aero and Aquila Air Capital; aircraft are leased to an EU airline.
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FINNAIR

Sep 08, 2022
FINNAIR introduced new strategy to return work around closure of Russian airspace and return to profitability with target of reaching pre-pandemic…
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RYANAIR

Sep 08, 2022
RYANAIR is basing two 737s at Newcastle for Winter 2022 to operate 15 routes (six new) with >80 weekly flights.
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BERLIN BRANDENBURG

Sep 08, 2022
BERLIN BRANDENBURG handled 1.94m pax in August vs 3.2m at Tegel and Schönefeld in August 2019; aircraft movements were still down 41%%.
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AEROFLOT GROUP

Sep 08, 2022
AEROFLOT GROUP agreed to acquire (on a lease basis) 339 UAC-built aircraft, including 210 MS-21s, 89 SSJ-NEWs and 40 Tu-214s, for 2023-2030; it plans…
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FLYBE

Sep 08, 2022
FLYBE plans December 17 to begin seasonal Birmingham-Geneva (Dash 8-Q400).
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AIR TRANSAT

Sep 08, 2022
AIR TRANSAT agreed to lease three A321XLRs from Air Lease Corporation for 2025/2026 and optioned a fourth.
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UNITED AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2022
UNITED AIRLINES announced it is investing $15m into EVE AIR MOBILITY (Embraer) and signed conditional purchase agreement for 200 four-seat electric…
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JETSMART

Sep 08, 2022
JETSMART agreed to sell four A320neos and two A321neos to investors for leaseback in deal arranged by GOAL.
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AIR CANADA

Sep 08, 2022
AIR CANADA has donated its original Lockheed L-10A Electra to Winnipeg's Royal Aviation Museum in celebration of its 85th anniversary.
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EMBRAER

Sep 08, 2022
EMBRAER forecasts demand for 150 <150-seat aircraft in Malaysia over next 20 years to enable addition of 100 routes.
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TRANSAT

Sep 08, 2022
TRANSAT had C$106.5m net loss for third quarter ended July 31 vs C$138.1m loss a year ago. It has C$411.3m cash.
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BREEZE AIRWAYS

Sep 08, 2022
BREEZE AIRWAYS took delivery of ex-Air Europa Express E195LR (196) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital.
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BONZA

Sep 08, 2022
BONZA, Australia took delivery of its second new 737-8 (43975) on lease from SMBC Aviation Capital.
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YETI AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2022
YETI AIRLINES, Nepal leased ex-Virgin Australia ATR 72-500 from Avation, Singapore.
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SYPHAX AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2022
SYPHAX AIRLINES, Tunisia is planning to relaunch commercial operations; it has secured two 737-800s (33980; ex-Caribbean/35355; ex-JAL) and CRJ900 …
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SPIRIT AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2022
SPIRIT AIRLINES sold tenth A320neo (11003) to SMBC Aviation Capital for leaseback as part of deal for 14.
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RIA

Sep 08, 2022
RIA is being established in Riyadh by Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) as mega airline for startup as early as 4Q22 (fleet TBA); PIF plans…
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GETJET AIRLINES

Sep 08, 2022
GETJET AIRLINES, Lithuania leased ex-IndiGo A320-200 (2584) with CFM56s from World Star Aviation.
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AIRBUS

Sep 10, 2022
AIRBUS officially removed the final 19 A350-900s for QATAR AIRWAYS from its backlog/orderbook (SPNWS; August 5).

Aerospace

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ROLLS-ROYCE CANADA

Sep 02, 2022
ROLLS-ROYCE CANADA finalized new collective bargaining agreement with its employees, ending strike.
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AVIA SOLUTIONS GROUP

Sep 02, 2022
AVIA SOLUTIONS GROUP had €5.1m net income on €781m revenues in 1H22 vs €14.6m on €369m in 1H21.
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ROLLS-ROYCE

Sep 06, 2022
ROLLS-ROYCE broke ground on 2,000 sq meter Pearl 10X production support facility at Le Haillan, France for 1H23.
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TIMKEN

Sep 06, 2022
TIMKEN agreed to acquire GGB (surface engineering solutions) from EnPro Industries for $305m.
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TELEDYNE CONTROLS

Sep 06, 2022
TELEDYNE CONTROLS, CA has EASA STC to install its ACES cabin air monitoring system on A320 Family aircraft.
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SPATIAL

Sep 06, 2022
SPATIAL completed factory acceptance testing for three training devices, including 787 main cabin door trainer, E-Jet main door/over-wing exit…
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CPI AEROSTRUCTURES

Sep 08, 2022
CPI AEROSTRUCTURES, NY had $32.9m net loss on $20.1m revenues for first quarter ended March 31 vs $1.2m profit on $30.8m a year ago; its total…
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SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS and INFOSYS

Sep 08, 2022
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS and INFOSYS agreed to collaborate to provide aerostructure and systems engineering services for product development initiatives in…
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INMARSAT

Sep 08, 2022
INMARSAT was selected by Qatar Airways to provide GX Aviation inflight connectivity for its 787-9s and 737-8s.
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AERO MONTREAL

Sep 08, 2022
AERO MONTREAL launched campaign to attract and retain aerospace talent.
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THALES

Sep 08, 2022
THALES was selected by Emirates to supply AVANT Up IFE system for 50 A350-900s for delivery starting in 2024.
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ROLLS-ROYCE

Sep 08, 2022
ROLLS-ROYCE has withdrawn from Boom Supersonic project to develop propulsion system for Overture airliner.
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FACC

Sep 08, 2022
FACC, Austria says it has surpassed 3,000 employees worldwide.
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VELO3D

Sep 08, 2022
VELO3D announced M300 tool steel, an ultra-low carbon alloy that delivers very high strength and hardness, is qualified for use in Sapphire printers.
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AIRBUS

Sep 10, 2022
AIRBUS delivered 39 aircraft (33 A320 Family; two A330neo; four A350s) in August vs 40 (five A220s; 33 A320 Family; two A350s) in August 2021; it has…

Who'sNews

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WHO'SNEWS: HOP!

Sep 02, 2022
Olivier Mazzucchelli to President of HOP! (Air France), France.
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WHO'SNEWS: ADPMA

Sep 02, 2022
Jeff Sabo to Vice President of Business Development of ADPma, Piney Flats, TN.
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WHO'SNEWS: FALKO REGIONAL AIRCRAFT

Sep 06, 2022
Kenton Walsh to Head of Trading of Falko Regional Aircraft, UK.
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WHO'SNEWS: SPIRIT AERONAUTICS

Sep 06, 2022
Greg Diognard to Regional Sales Manager-Southern US of Spirit Aeronautics, Columbus, OH.
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WHO'SNEWS: GPMS

Sep 06, 2022
John Byus to Director of Sales-Americas of GPMS, Waterbury, VT.
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WHO'SNEWS: FALKO REGIONAL AIRCRAFT

Sep 06, 2022
Marcus Rowley to Vice President-Trading of Falko Regional Aircraft, UK.
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WHO'SNEWS: FINNAIR

Sep 08, 2022
Christine Rovelli to Senior Vice President-Strategy and Fleet of Finnair.
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WHO'SNEWS: JETNET

Sep 08, 2022
Derek Swaim to President of JETNET, Utica, NY.

Business Aviation

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MERIDIAN

Sep 06, 2022
MERIDIAN announced both its Hayward (HWD) and Teterboro (TEB) facilities have achieved IS-BAH Stage II certification.
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DASSAULT AVIATION

Sep 08, 2022
DASSAULT AVIATION has FAA STC to install Universal Avionics' 4-display InSight Flight Deck on Falcon 900B.
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SKANDIA

Sep 08, 2022
SKANDIA, IL has EASA STC to install its acoustic soundproofing kit for all variants of the Falcon 900.
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EXECUJET MRO SERVICES MALAYSIA

Sep 08, 2022
EXECUJET MRO SERVICES MALAYSIA plans to build 149,500 sq ft business jet MRO facility at Subang Airport.
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GULFSTREAM

Sep 10, 2022
GULFSTREAM made first flight of second fully outfitted G700 production-test aircraft; certification is expected in 4Q22.

Defense

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EMBRAER

Sep 06, 2022
EMBRAER completed flight testing of C-390 for firefighting missions.
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GOVT OF POLAND

Sep 08, 2022
GOVT OF POLAND selected Boeing's AH-64E Apache for its KRUK Attack Helicopter program; it is expected to acquire 96.

MRO

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GE AVIATION

Sep 08, 2022
GE AVIATION opened $8m Asia-Pacific service center in Brisbane, Australia to support avionics, flight management, electrical power and DOWTY…
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AMP AERO

Sep 08, 2022
AMP AERO, FL has 3-year CFM56-5B and -7B engine material consignment agreement from Air Arabia.
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LUFTHANSA TECHNIK

Sep 08, 2022
LUFTHANSA TECHNIK has 5-year Smartwings contract to provide Total Component Support for 30 737NGs.

Aerospace/Defense

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PCX AEROSTRUCTURES

Sep 08, 2022
PCX AEROSTRUCTURES acquired PACIFIC CONTOURS, CA (CH-47/F-35 flight critical components/assemblies).