Aviation Daily Roundup: August 19, 2021

August 20, 2021

Daily Memo: French Caribbean Crisis Highlights Fragile Nature Of Recovery

Helen Massy-Beresford

Tourists were told to leave Martinique after a new wave of COVID cases, highlighting the fragile nature of the broader aviation sector recovery—when the virus reemerges in a given region, the situation for the airlines serving it can change dramatically in days.   

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Researchers Develop Cheaper Route To SAF From Biomass

Graham Warwick

A new process for producing jet fuel from ethanol with less energy and smaller facilities creates the potential for a distributed processing system located close to biomass sources, according to its developers.

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Avelo’s East Coast Start Will Focus On Florida

Sean Broderick

Avelo Airlines will begin U.S. East Coast service with four routes from its Connecticut base to four leisure-heavy Florida destinations—Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Orlando and Tampa Bay—the recent start-up said Aug. 19. 

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Virgin Atlantic Signs MOU For Carbon Removal With Storegga

Helen Massy-Beresford

Virgin Atlantic has become a customer of Storegga, a UK-based company that specializes in carbon removal, as part of an ongoing effort to reduce its environmental impact.  

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Sounds Air Looks Ahead To Electric Regional Flying

Graham Warwick

New Zealand regional airline Sounds Air has confirmed its launch orders with Swedish startup Heart Aerospace for an initial three ES-19 electric 19-passenger aircraft.

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Ampaire Demonstrates Hybrid Bridge To Electrified Regional Flights

Angus Batey, Graham Warwick

The U.S. startup’s Electric EEL completed several flights on a representative regional airline route from Kirkwall Airport on the island of Orkney to Wick John O’Groats Airport some 40 mi. away on the Scottish mainland.

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Singapore Lifts More Border Restrictions As Herd Immunity Nears

Chen Chuanren

The country will establish vaccination travel lanes with Brunei and Germany, allowing inoculated passengers to travel into the country without the requirement to quarantine.

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Emirates Signs Codeshare With Brazil’s Azul

David Casey

Emirates has signed a codeshare agreement with Azul that allows passengers to connect to eight cities in Brazil via São Paulo Guarulhos.

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Alitalia Successor ITA Secures AOC

Helen Massy-Beresford

Italy’s new national carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) has got the go-ahead to put tickets on sale and begin flying.

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NASA Closes In On Electrified Propulsion Demonstration Awards

Guy Norris

Lee Noble, director of NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s Integrated Aviation Systems Program, recently updated the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics on the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration effort.

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Avelo Airlines will begin U.S. East Coast service with four routes from its Connecticut base, Singapore lifts new border restrictions as herd-immunity nears, Emirates signs new codeshare with Brazil's Azul and more. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.

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