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GOJET AIRLINES, St. Louis received FAA 145 certification to perform heavy maintenance of large commercial aircraft.

TROYES AVIATION was named by Piper Aircraft/Flying Smart Aero as an approved Piper service center in France.

François Biarneix to Operations Director of Vallair, Châteauroux.

CAERDAV, UK opened line maintenance station at Cardiff Wales to support A320s for Avion Express/TUI Airways.

OMS AERO GROUP, Turkiye completed part out of ex-SriLankan A330-200 (306) in collaboration with ECUBE.

MONT GABON AIRLINES, Congo leased 767-200ER (24867) with PW4056s from Air Zimbabwe.

LEVU AIR CARGO, Brazil agreed to sublease A321PCF (775; ex-Ural Airlines)with CFM56s from SmartLynx for startup.

AERCAP announced new $500m share repurchase program through end 2024. It also issued its first quarterly dividend.

JETBLUE plans in 4Q24 to begin San Juan, PR-Providence, RI/-Westchester County, NY/-Santiago, DR/-Medellín, Colombia/-Cancún, Mexico/-St. Croix, USVI. It is also expanding MINT services to Phoenix and Vancouver, BC.

UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS leased second ex-Bamboo A320neo (9115) with LEAPs from BOC Aviation.

AEROMEXICO took delivery of new GEnx-powered 787-9 (62147) on lease from Avolon.

KOREAN AIR had KRW345.2b net income on KRW3,822b revenues in 1Q24 vs KRW355.4m on KRW3,196b in 1Q23.

KLASJET (Avia Solutions Group) acquired ex-FlyEgypt 737-800 (32918) and now has seven 737s for ACMI operations.

FLYDUBAI plans to begin Dubai-Basel on August 2 and -Latvia/-Tallinn/-Vilnius on October 11/12 (737).

NEXTGEN AEROSUPPORT, AZ was licensed by Honeywell Aerospace to manufacture, distribute, and service APU stands, including GTCP131s/331s.

AERCAP ordered 150 new LEAP spare engines from Safran in deal valued at $3b; engines will be managed by SES.

THOMPSON AERO SEATING launched Project Echo for exploring color, materials and finishes (CMF), inspired by Northern Ireland, in seat design.

FACC earned €9.9m in 1Q24 on 24.4% higher y-o-y revenues; it is projecting revenue growth of 10-15% for CY24.

ARCHER AVIATION completed build-out of its high-volume, automotive-style battery pack manufacturing line in San Jose, CA to produce 15,000 packs per year.

PRECISION AEROSPACE, Dallas acquired OWENS MACHINE AND TOOL, TX (multifaceted parts, tooling and prototypes).

Jim Bohlman to Chief Operating Officer of Avix Aero, Dallas; Sai Kalegowda was named Chief Information Officer.