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The selection covers the 101 Airbus narrowbodies China Eastern ordered earlier this year and includes spare engines and a long-term services agreement. It preserves the airline’s LEAP-1A choice across its A320neo fleet; deliveries, including A321XLRs, are due from 2028 through 2032.
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The companies are partnering on the U.S. Air Force’s KC-135 Center Console Refresh effort, which aims to address obsolescence in the aging tanker’s avionics and fuel systems. The work targets a strategically important aircraft that remains part of the Air Force’s tanker fleet.
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The selection covers the 101 Airbus narrowbodies China Eastern ordered earlier this year and includes spare engines and a long-term services agreement. It preserves the airline’s LEAP-1A choice across its A320neo fleet; deliveries, including A321XLRs, are due from 2028 through 2032.
A Southwest 737 Max was released to service after an operational test failed to identify impairment to its fin and rudder unit. The case highlights a maintenance-procedure lapse that left gust damage undetected.
Copa Airlines has migrated to IFS Cloud for Aviation Maintenance, becoming the first airline customer of industrial AI software company IFS to move to ICAM. The announcement identifies a completed customer migration, but provides no details on deployment scope, timing or operational outcomes.
Korean Air plans to purchase $19.8 million worth of maintenance, repair and overhaul parts from Air Busan. The available report does not specify the parts involved, the timing of the purchase or how they will be used.
Sherpa Air plans to expand its aircraft management, charter and maintenance, repair and overhaul businesses, according to a report from ch-aviation. The available report summary does not specify the scale, timing or investment behind the planned expansion.
Sudan Airways has restarted scheduled commercial service with its sole aircraft, an A320-200, after repairs temporarily grounded it. The work was delayed by a shortage of spare parts in Sudan, underscoring how constrained access to components can leave an airline with no operating aircraft.
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Bombardier reported third-quarter revenue of US$2.373 billion, up 3%, and profit of US$81 million, compared with US$85 million a year earlier. The company raised its 2026 free-cash-flow forecast above $1.3 billion as services revenue reached a record $701 million, while aircraft deliveries remain under pressure and capacity investment and a potential new model are under consideration.
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