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DAE

DAE secured 5-year, $420m unsecured term loan with China Construction Bank and China Construction Bank (Asia).

Air Transport

AIRBALTIC plans to begin Riga-Madeira and Vilnius-Oslo Torp in late October; Tallinn-Kittilä on December 21 (A220).

Air Transport

AEROMECH has FAA STC for installation of Starlink inflight connectivity in King Air 200/300s by AMI Aviation Services.

Business Aviation

TRUE BLUE POWER, TX introduced TS28 emergency battery power supply as direct replacement for emergency lighting batteries on Citation 550/560/650/680/680A/700 aircraft. It also unveiled a Gen5 TB50 Lithium-ion aircraft battery

Business Aviation

COLLINS AEROSPACE introduced Venue smart monitor that can function as standalone IFE solution or fully within Venue CMS; it simplifies future software updates and provides single access point to completely control cabin functionality.

Business Aviation

GARMIN unveiled avionics modernization program for Cessna Citation CJ2, which includes installation of TXi flight displays, GTN Xi navigators, GWX 8000 StormOptix weather radar and PlaneSync connected aircraft management system.

Business Aviation

PWI

PWI, Wichita has FAA PMA approval for its LED cabin lighting systems for the Learjet 35/35A and the Learjet 36/36A.

Business Aviation

EASYJET plans to begin Berlin Brandenburg-Antalya on March 17, -Birmingham on April 1 and -Ismir on April 3 (A320).

Air Transport

Diederik Pen to President of WestJet Airlines and Chief Operating Officer of WestJet Group (effective April 1, 2024).

Air Transport

SAS

SAS received US Bankruptcy Court approval for its Plan of Reorganization and now expects to emerge from Chapter 11 in mid-2024. It has successfully reconfigured its aircraft fleet and reached amended lease agreements with 15 lessors, representing 59 aircraft, and concluded a competitive exit financing solicitation process with Castlelake, Air France-KLM and Lind Invest, together with the Danish state, for a total investment in reorganized SAS corresponding to US$1.2b.

Air Transport

CHAPMAN FREEBORN (Avia Solutions Group) expanded its Jet Club Membership program into Europe, beyond the US.

Business Aviation

MYWAY AIRLINES, Georgia agreed to lease 777 (TBA) from June 2024 for pax operations out of Tblisi.

Air Transport

FRONTIER plans in 2Q24 to begin JFK-/Newark-San Juan, PR and Phoenix-Los Cabos, Mexico (A320).

Air Transport

Sebastian Ponce to Chief Revenue Officer of Transat, Montreal.

Air Transport

AIREXPLORE, Slovakia leased ex-FlyEgypt 737-800 (38173) from Zephyrus Aviation Capital.

Air Transport

CAMAIR-CO, Cameroon wet-leased E190 (163) from Marathon Airlines.

Air Transport

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES took delivery of A330-300P2F (1863) from Altavair for operation for AMAZON PRIME AIR.

Air Transport

DHL

AIRASIA X plans May 31 to begin Taipei-Tokyo Narita (A330).

Air Transport

THAI AIRASIA plans in mid-June to begin Taipei-Okinawa and Kaohsiung-Tokyo Narita (A320).

Air Transport

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA was advised by Boeing not to expect any 737 MAX deliveries in 2024/2025 due to production delays.

Air Transport

JOBY says it plans to deliver two eVTOLs to MacDill AFB in 2025 as part of AFWERX Agility Prime contract with USAF that includes provisioning of up to nine aircraft. It delivered first aircraft to Edwards AFB in 3Q23 with second due in '24.

Aerospace

JET PARTS ENGINEERING has FAA approval for 13 new PMA parts/DER repairs, including 737NG/A320 pneumatic valve and solenoid components, MAX landing gear, PW2000 wire harness clamps, engine oil system indicator triggers, 747 high pressure controller switches, 737 fuel float switch, and ram air door actuator nut, and ignition exciters for CFM56/CF34/CF6.

Aerospace