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AMERICAN AIRLINES plans December 5 to begin daily Miami-La Romana, DR (A319).

ATLAS AIR is expected to acquire four 747-400Fs: (28434/29902; ex-Silk Way West) and (30766/30767; ex-China Airlines).

David Hinderland to Chief Executive Officer of Kamaka Air, HI; Ken Gile will serve as Chief Operating Officer.

GETJET AIRLINES, Lithuania earned (EBITDA) €28.1m in 2023, up 316% vs 2022; revenues rose 70% to €176m. It currently operates flights to >170 airports; clients include Wizz Air, Finnair, Transavia, Iceland Air, TUI and Vueling.

WIZZ AIR plans June 18 to begin three-times-weekly London Gatwick-Varna, Bulgaria (A320).

TRADE AIR, Croatia leased ex-Air China A320-200 (3337) with CFM56s from ICBC Leasing.

LOT POLISH AIRLINES took delivery of new 737-8 (66355) on lease from Air Lease Corporation.

WINDROSE, Ukraine is expected to acquire two ex-Ukraine International 737-800s (38121/41536) and E190 (589).

AIR FRANCE plans October 28 to begin Paris CDG-Salvador, Brazil (A350).

PEGASUS AIRLINES plans July 3 to begin three-times-weekly Ankara-Dublin, Ireland (A320).

BREEZE AIRWAYS leased new A220-300 (55277) from Azorra; aircraft was assembled in Mirabel, Canada.

ETIHAD AIRWAYS leased ex-Bamboo A321neo (10284) with LEAPs from AerCap.

AIR NEW ZEALAND leased ex-Cathay Pacific 777-300ER (39237) from BBAM.

Leslie Thng to Executive Vice President of SIA Group, Singapore (effective July 1).

Kenton Jarvis to Chief Executive Officer of easyJet (effective early 2025); Johan Lundgren is stepping down.

NORTHROP GRUMMAN signed agreement with NVIDIA to use its AI software to accelerate development of certain advanced systems.

SIA GROUP had record S$2.7b net income on S$19b revenues for year ended March 31 vs S$2.2b on S$17.8b a year ago; cargo revenue fell 29.7% in second half. It ended year with 200 aircraft: 193 pax aircraft and seven freighters.