Aviation Daily Roundup: Apr. 22, 2021

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Alaska Air Group believes it is on a path to reach profitability in the third quarter, driven by a robust recovery in U.S. leisure demand. 

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Southwest has undertaken a largescale IT modernization task with the rollout of Maintenix.

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Spirit Airlines is progressively adding back Airbus A319 narrowbodies into service and altering delivery streams for its aircraft on order to support the company’s planned growth during the next few years. 

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One area that hasn’t lost steam during the COVID-19 crisis is the industry’s commitment to sustainability.

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LONDON—UK air navigation service provider (ANSP) NATS plans to make available to aviation stakeholders an environmental performance measurement system that it says will help cut CO2 emissions as the airline industry recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

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Ryanair expects the summer 2021 season to be an extended one and is preparing to have about 75% of its summer 2019 capacity ready to operate as the airline looks toward receiving its first Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.  

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American Airlines will deploy up to 80% of its pre-crisis capacity in the June quarter, as rising bookings and positive momentum on vaccines lead U.S. carriers to gear up for an expected summertime surge in leisure travel.

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The Swedish government wants to close Stockholm’s city airport, Bromma (BMA), two ministers said April 21.

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Southwest Airlines has committed to continue supporting the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from food waste.

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Cathay Pacific has confirmed that it will close its pilot base in Canada, and the airline is reviewing the status of its bases in Australia and New Zealand. 

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Air Tanzania plans to expand its fleet by adding two Airbus A220-300s and one De Havilland Canada Dash 8-400, despite suffering a massive financial loss for 2020.

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International Airlines Group (IAG) has pledged to power 10% of its flights with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030.

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IndiGo is looking to acquire four Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft with the aim of taking first delivery in the first half of 2022. 

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More than 25% of CO2 emissions from flights in Europe could be eliminated by 2030, but improvements in air traffic management (ATM) will be required, according to a “think paper” released by Eurocontrol.

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