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By Stephen Costley
CONSTANT AVIATION was named by Rolls-Royce as BR710 authorized service center for Global Express, GV and G550.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
AIRINMAR (AAR) has 3-year JetBlue contract to provide component Value Engineering cost oversight services for A320s and E-Jets; it will assess repair
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
HAECO XIAMEN rolled first ex-JAL 787-8 (34832) out of paint shop for ZIPAIR, to start long-haul LCC operations in May 2020.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
EMBRAER secured Flight Hour Repair Management Program contract with Azul to provide materials support for its E1-Jets.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
IAI plans to convert ex-Emirates 777-300ER (32789) to freighter as prototype for GECAS program (SPNWS; October 18).
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By Stephen Costley
CONSTANT AVIATION and NEXTANT AEROSPACE formed partnership to provide turnkey Challenger 604XTs; Constant Aviation will perform Nextant 604XT next-gen
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By Stephen Costley
PASSUR AEROSPACE was selected by Avianca to assist airline in enhancing efficient and optimal traffic flow management (focusing on El Dorado hub)
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By Stephen Costley
BOEING GLOBAL SERVICES earned $673m on $4.7b revenues in 3Q19 vs $548m on $4.1b in 3Q18. It has $21b backlog.
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By Stephen Costley
ST ENGINEERING booked S$1b in aviation manufacturing and services business in 3Q19 vs S$590m in 3Q18.
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By Stephen Costley
LOCKHEED MARTIN had $1.6b net income on $15.2b sales in 3Q19 vs $1.5b on $14.3b, and delivered 34 aircraft (28 F-35s) and 22 helicopters vs 28
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By Stephen Costley
RAYTHEON earned $861m on $7.4b sales in 3Q19 vs $644m on $6.8b in 3Q18; backlog stands at $44.6b. It says merger of equals transaction with UTC's
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By Stephen Costley
HEXCEL reports year-over-year commercial aerospace sales rose 3.4% to $385.9m in 3Q19, driven by production rate increases for A320neo and 787; growth
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By Stephen Costley
PwC reports there were 316 aerospace and defense M&A deals valued at $80.3b over first nine months of 2019, up 8% by volume and 280% by value from a
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By Stephen Costley
BOEING says it has added three additional layers of protection to 737 MAX's MCAS and has conducted >800 test/production flights; it is also making
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By Stephen Costley
QANTAS completed first nonstop Project Sunrise trial flight (JFK-Sydney) in 19 hours 16 minutes; it operated 787-9 with 49 pax/crew and ran series of
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By Stephen Costley
AIR ASTANA plans in December to transition a fourth A320-200 to FLYARYSTAN; six more are planned for 2020.
Air Transport

By Stephen Costley
UNITED AIRLINES had $1.02b net income for 3Q19 (vs $833m in 3Q18) on 3.4% higher revenues; CASM dropped 0.9%.
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By Stephen Costley
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES reported $659m net income in 3Q19 (vs $615m in 3Q18) on 1.1% higher revenues. It is estimating losses of $210m in 3Q19 ($435m year
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By Stephen Costley
JETBLUE AIRWAYS had $187m net income in 3Q19 (vs $50m in 3Q18) on 4% higher revenues; CASM increased 0.3%.
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By Stephen Costley
SPIRIT AIRLINES had $83.5m net income in 3Q19 (vs $97.5m in 3Q18) on 9.7% higher revenues; CASM increased 8.4%.
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By Stephen Costley
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES had $80.1m net income in 3Q19 (vs $93.5m in 3Q18) on 0.5% lower revenues; CASM fell 0.3%.
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By Stephen Costley
NORWEGIAN had NOK1.7b net income in 3Q19 (vs NOK1.3b in 3Q18) on 8% higher revenues; it estimates losses of NOK300m from MAX grounding. It says it is
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By Stephen Costley
FINNAIR GROUP earned €100.7m in 3Q19 (vs €118.2m in 3Q18) on 7.9% higher revenues; CASK increased 2%.
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By Stephen Costley
QANTAS GROUP had record A$4.56b revenues for first quarter ended Sept 30, up 1.8% vs a year ago; capacity fell 0.2%.
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By Stephen Costley
CEMAIR received renewed AOC from South Africa's CAA to restart operations (timetable TBA); it has 10 CRJs and six Dash 8s.
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