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Embraer said on Feb. 18 it was formally withdrawing its World Trade Organization (WTO) case against Canada and Bombardier over airliner manufacturing subsidies now that the issue is moot with Bombardier’s focus on business aviation.

NAV CANADA reports year-over-year traffic drop of 56.8% in January 2021.

QANOT SHARQ AIRLINES, Uzbekistan leased two ex-Interjet A320-200s (2539/3021) with CFM56s from ALC for startup.

Dr. Tammy McKnight was named the first Chief Medical Officer of WestJet, Canada.

Helfried Schwarz to General Counsel of Orix Aviation, Dublin.

Mike MacConnie, Chief Technical Officer of Orix Aviation, Dublin, was also named Chief Operating Officer.

TUI FLY BELGIUM relaunched 737 MAX revenue service (first in Europe) on Brussels-Malaga; its now has four 737-8s.

Finnair said it is now in a healthy financial position after a recapitalization and extensive cost-cutting that addressed the havoc wreaked on its business by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Nine new routes to destinations in Scandinavia will be added to Vueling’s network in summer 2021 as the Spanish carrier targets leisure demand and seeks to capitalize on Norwegian Air Shuttle’s struggles.

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Rolls-Royce has signed a TotalCare agreement with new customer Uganda Airlines for their two new Airbus A330neo aircraft powered exclusively by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. Uganda Airlines received their two A330neo, first in December 2020 and second in January 2021.

Around a decade after preparing to divest its aerostructures businesses, Airbus is now reversing course and wants to keep component manufacturing inside the group for the long term.

Conditions remain challenging in the first quarter of 2021, in which the group expects to operate 40% of pre-pandemic capacity as ongoing COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions stifle flying

Restructuring could bring more ownership changes in HNA Group’s stable of airlines, airports and lessors.

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Airline issued guidance to pilots emphasizing aircraft configuration awareness.

De Havilland Canada plans to suspend production of the Dash 8-400 regional turboprop, citing the difficulty of securing new orders in current industry conditions.

The FAA is giving affected Boeing 787 operators 45 days to inspect forward and aft cargo compartments for damaged decompression panels after inspections for a related issue turned up the new problem, the agency said.

JetBlue Airways said it will push ahead with a planned partnership with American Airlines, even after its unionized pilots rejected a tentative

Malta’s finance minister has warned that failure by the government to provide funding to Air Malta will see the national carrier swiftly collapse.

Air Canada’s acquisition of Transat has hit a patch of uncertainty after the European Commission (EC) pushed back approving the tie-up.

Groupe ADP, the operator of Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) airports, said pre-pandemic levels of traffic at its Paris airports are not expected to return until 2024-27.

The U.S. aerospace industry provided a foreign trade surplus of around $43 billion in 2020, the U.S. Commerce Department reported this month, a notable achievement amid the onset of COVID-19 but almost half the sector’s 2019 level.

AIR BELGIUM acquired first ex-Qatar Airways A330-200F (1688) as part of deal for four from CMA CGM Air Cargo.

ESTELAR AIRLINES agreed to wet-lease an A320-200 from GlobalX for Miami-Caracas/-Maracaibo, pending govt approvals.