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Aerospace

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ARCHER AVIATION

Dec 21, 2024
ARCHER AVIATION completed construction of its 400,000 sq ft eVTOL manufacturing facility at Covington Airport, GA; production is to start in early 2025 (two aircraft per month by end 2025) with goal reaching 650 per year by 2030.
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CURTISS-WRIGHT

Dec 21, 2024
CURTISS-WRIGHT developed airborne high-speed Ethernet data recorder for flight test programs; it captures 180 TB of data for 3-hour recording time.
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IS&S

Dec 24, 2024
IS&S had $7m net profit on $47.2m sales for year ended Sept 30 vs $6m on $34.8m a year ago; it has $89.2m backlog.
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FIRAN TECHNOLOGY GROUP

Dec 24, 2024
FIRAN TECHNOLOGY GROUP completed acquisition of FLYHT AEROSPACE SOLUTIONS, Canada in deal valued at C$13.2m.
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WOODWARD

Dec 24, 2024
WOODWARD agreed to acquire Safran's electromechanical actuation business in North America, including intellectual property, operations assets, talent, and customer agreements for Horizontal Stabilizer Trim Actuation (HSTA) systems.
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JET PARTS ENGINEERING

Dec 24, 2024
JET PARTS ENGINEERING has FAA approval for 18 new PMA parts, plus another five DER repairs for Goodrich doors and Unison ignition exciters.
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HORIZON AIRCRAFT

Dec 24, 2024
HORIZON AIRCRAFT, Canada secured $8.4m strategic investment to fund development of Cavorite X7 hybrid eVTOL.
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EFW

Dec 24, 2024
EFW completed production of its six-millionth lightweight panel for Airbus.
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BOEING

Dec 27, 2024
BOEING is reportedly now aiming to increase 737 MAX production to 38 per month by May 2025 vs end 2024 due to IAM strike; prior to strike, it was producing about 25 aircraft per month, citing receipt of clean fuselages from SPIRIT.
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SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS

Dec 27, 2024
SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS plans special meeting of stockholders on January 31 to vote on planned merger with BOEING.
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LILIUM

Dec 27, 2024
LILIUM signed purchase agreement with MOBILE UPLIFT (company set up by experienced consortium of investors from Europe and North America) to acquire operating assets and provide sufficient funding to restart business operations.
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VERTICAL AEROSPACE

Dec 27, 2024
VERTICAL AEROSPACE finalized investment agreement with MUDRICK CAPITAL for $50m (SPNWS; Nov 29).

Air Transport

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AMERICAN AIRLINES

Dec 21, 2024
AMERICAN AIRLINES plans March 2 to begin daily San Antonio, TX-Reagan National (A321).
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LUFTHANSA

Dec 21, 2024
LUFTHANSA ordered five more A350-1000s for 2028-2030 and has now ordered 15, plus 60 A350-900s (28 delivered).
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AIR CANADA

Dec 21, 2024
AIR CANADA ordered five more A220-300s and has now ordered 65 (34 delivered).
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WILLIS LEASE FINANCE

Dec 21, 2024
WILLIS LEASE FINANCE agreed to purchase nine new PW1133G-JMs from Pratt & Whitney in deal valued at $200m.
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FEDEX

Dec 21, 2024
FEDEX plans by mid-2026 to separate LTL carrier FEDEX FREIGHT via capital markets into new publicly traded company.
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AVTECH

Dec 21, 2024
AVTECH secured subscription from LATAM for its ClearPath and Aventus services that provide tactical decision support to improve flight efficiency.
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JETSMART

Dec 24, 2024
JETSMART, Chile sold new A321neo (12244) with GTFs to GOAL and leased it back as part of 6-aircraft deal.
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SAS

Dec 24, 2024
SAS agreed to lease three E195s from Nordic Aviation Capital; no other details were provided.
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SKYWARD EXPRESS

Dec 24, 2024
SKYWARD EXPRESS, Kenya acquired ex-Montenegro Fokker 100 (11321) out of storage at Woensdrecht Air Base.
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ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS

Dec 24, 2024
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS has acquired the remaining 7% of PEACH AVIATION (three A321LRs/17 A320neos/16 A320ceos).
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AIR LIBYA

Dec 24, 2024
AIR LIBYA leased ex-Yamal Airlines CRJ200LR (7630) from AviaAM Leasing.
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CPaT GLOBAL

Dec 24, 2024
CPaT GLOBAL was selected by Wizz Air for A320 distance learning solutions.
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SKYWEST

Dec 24, 2024
SKYWEST was selected by US DOT to provide essential air service at Decatur, GA (from Chicago) with a CRJ200.
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SRIWIJAYA AIR

Dec 24, 2024
SRIWIJAYA AIR, Indonesia wet-leased (ACMI) 737-800 (39390) from BBN Airlines Indonesia.
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EASYJET

Dec 24, 2024
EASYJET plans to begin thrice-weekly Paris Orly-Sofia on March 30, Basel-Bilbao on April 4 and twice-weekly Lisbon-Palermo on June 3 (A320).
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AIR NEW ZEALAND

Dec 27, 2024
AIR NEW ZEALAND took delivery of first (1709) of two ATR 72-600s ordered in 3Q23; second (1720) is due in 1H25.
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MALAYSIA AIRLINES

Dec 27, 2024
MALAYSIA AIRLINES was forced to ground its first A330-900 (2080) due to technical issues during first revenue flight (Kuala Lumpur-Melbourne, Australia); reports say ROLLS-ROYCE is replacing a faulty component in Trent 7000 engine.
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ALHIND AIR

Dec 27, 2024
ALHIND AIR, India plans mid-2025 startup out of Kochi with three ATR 72-600s, increasing fleet to seven in 2026.
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CROATIA AIRLINES

Dec 27, 2024
CROATIA AIRLINES took delivery of second (55324) of six A220-300s on lease from Air Lease Corporation.
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DANISH AIR TRANSPORT (DAT)

Dec 27, 2024
DANISH AIR TRANSPORT (DAT) has acquired ex-Air Antilles ATR 42-500 (807) and ex-CSA ATR 72-500 (789) from NAC.
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UNITED

Dec 27, 2024
UNITED plans May 22 to begin San Francisco-Panama City (737-8).
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AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES

Dec 27, 2024
AZERBAIJAN AIRLINES E190 (630) crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan, killing 38 of 67 pax/crew; reports suggest aircraft, with multiple small holes in tailfin/horizontal stabilizer, may have been shot down by a Russian surface-to-air missile.
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FIJI LINK

Dec 27, 2024
FIJI LINK took delivery of new ATR 72-600 (1707) on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital.
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ASCEND AIRWAYS

Dec 27, 2024
ASCEND AIRWAYS, UK leased ex-SmartLynx Malta 737-8 (42828) from SKY Leasing.
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AIRASIA

Dec 27, 2024
AIRASIA is reportedly negotiating with Airbus, Boeing and COMAC for 100-aircraft order to support expansion.
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NZAAS

Dec 27, 2024
NZAAS, New Zealand ordered two Alia eVTOLs from Beta Technologies, and optioned 10, for air ambulance services.

Business Aviation

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INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT CENTER

Dec 21, 2024
INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT CENTER plans in January to open new 10,500 sq ft FBO terminal at Miami Executive on top of 84,000 sq ft hangar complex (to house multiple aircraft up to a Global 8000 in size) that opened earlier this year.
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CIRRUS

Dec 24, 2024
CIRRUS delivered its 600th single-engine Vision Jet, introduced in 2016.

MRO

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GA TELESIS

Dec 21, 2024
GA TELESIS signed definitive agreement to acquire AAR's landing gear overhaul business, including High-Velocity Oxy-Fuel (HVOF) coating services, and wheels and brakes unit for integration into its MRO division; deal is to close in 1Q25.
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HAECO GROUP

Dec 21, 2024
HAECO GROUP is relocating in January 2025 in Dallas to larger 290,000 sq ft facility for engine maintenance. It provides on-wing and near-wing engine services out of facilities in Hong Kong, London, Amsterdam, and Dallas.
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BOEING SHANGHAI

Dec 21, 2024
BOEING SHANGHAI has 5-year Air Premia contract to provide base maintenance, including C-Checks, for its 787s.
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MTU MAINTENANCE ZHUHAI

Dec 21, 2024
MTU MAINTENANCE ZHUHAI launched SAF testing on V2500s for China Southern. It has procured 30 tons of SAF from China National Aviation Fuel.
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STANDARDAERO

Dec 24, 2024
STANDARDAERO was selected by SpiceJet to restore LEAP-1Bs to return three grounded 737-8s to service; deal follows successful arrangements with CFM International, which will supply material and support services for the project.
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ADANI DEFENCE AND AEROSPACE

Dec 27, 2024
ADANI DEFENCE AND AEROSPACE agreed to acquire majority of AIR WORKS GROUP, India (MRO), valued at US$47m.
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AIR WORKS GROUP AND INGENIERIA SEMASA

Dec 27, 2024
AIR WORKS GROUP and INGENIERIA SEMASA, Spain teamed to provide component repairs for Airbus military aircraft.