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Pratt & Whitney wants to grow its presence in the maintenance, repair and overhaul aftermarket beyond powerplants, Global Service Partners Senior VP and GM Jim Keenan said.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, reached a settlement with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (US SEC) regarding accusations of inaccurate financial reporting from 2000 to 2002, agreeing to make no future misleading financial statements while paying no penalty for alleged transgressions that took place under previous management.

DHL, the world's leading express and logistics company, has announced the appointment of Charles Graham as the new Global CEO for Aviation, DHL Express and as a member of the company's Global Express Management Board. He succeeds Terry Nord, who will retire from DHL after eight successful years of managing growth for DHL's global aviation services.

On March 28, Brazilian airline Gol confirmed the acquisition of Nova Varig for a total of US$320 million.

On April 03, the Boeing Company announced the 500th customer order for the 787 Dreamliner with a follow-on order from Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL).

In the first quarter of this year, ATR has delivered 6 new aircraft (2 ATR 72-500s to Finncomm Airlines, 2 ATR 72-500s to CCM, 1 ATR 72-500 to Kingfisher Airlines and 1 ATR 42-500 to Pakistan International Airlines).

British Airways has chosen Rolls-Royce Trent engines to power its four new Boeing 777-200ER aircraft that will be delivered in 2009.

On April 2, United Airlines announced it has signed a long-term contract with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) for the carriage of domestic mail.

Germany's Air Berlin said on March 27 that it bought Dusseldorf-based airline LTU for 140 million euros (US$186 million) in cash to expand the business.