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South America and Caribbean
Aircastle announced that it delivered one Airbus A330-200 aircraft on long-term lease to Aerolíneas Argentinas, the first of two deliveries which will support Aerolíneas' fleet modernization.
Pacific and Oceania
Airnorth announced that it will commence direct services between Toowoomba (Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport) and Townsville, with onward connections to and from Darwin from 28 November 2016.
Europe
Alitalia is to begin direct flights in November from Italy to Cuba.
Envoy will establish a new Aircraft Maintenance facility in Little Rock (LIT) later this year, investing more than $2 million and bringing 60 new jobs to the area over the next five years.
Global SuperTanker Services announced that its firefighting B747-400 has received its final safety and operational approvals from the FAA.
AirAsia Berhad’s aircraft leasing unit Asia Aviation Capital Ltd (AACL) announced that it has appointed Stéphane Daillencourt as its President and Chief Executive Officer effective 1 November 2016.
FlyPelican announced today that flights between Newcastle Airport and Coffs Harbour will commence on Monday 17th October 2016.
Low-cost carrier Volaris took delivery of its first A320neo, making the airline the first operator of the A320neo in North America.
WestJet today announced August 2016 traffic results with a load factor of 86.5 per cent an increase of 1.9 percentage points year over year.
Indonesian flag carrier Garuda Indonesia plans to re-operate its flight service to the United States (US) from next year.