Aviation Daily Roundup: August 31, 2021
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Southwest, Delta To Hire Extra Staff To Meet Demand Surge
Ben Goldstein
Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines announced plans to increase their employee hiring targets, part of an effort to address staffing shortages amid a strong U.S. domestic summer travel season.
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ITA Hopes To Serve An Initial Four U.S. Routes
David Casey
Alitalia’s successor plans to launch four long-haul routes to the U.S. later this year.
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Ethiopian Airlines Seeks New Skills Through Boeing Partnership
Victoria Moores
Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing have signed an MOU aimed at boosting aviation skills and capabilities in Addis Ababa over the coming three years.
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Partners Complete EBeaver Design Review
Graham Warwick
Harbour Air, MagniX and H55 have completed the preliminary design review on their electric propulsion modification for the 1940s-vintage de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver.
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Boeing Operator Jet2 Orders Up To 60 Airbus A321neos
Victoria Moores
Airbus has scooped up UK leisure carrier Jet2 as a new customer after the Boeing 737 and 757 operator agreed to acquire 36 Airbus A321s.
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Daily Memo: Transatlantic Airlines Face Setback On U.S. Travelers To Europe
Helen Massy-Beresford
The EU’s suggestion to remove the U.S. from its safe list, as COVID-19 infections among Americans rise, is yet another blow to airlines that have been hoping for a long-haul recovery to match their summer short-haul boost.
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Norwegian Overhaul Produces Profits As Bookings Into 2022 Rise
Helen Massy-Beresford
Norwegian Air Shuttle is expecting a trend of increasing forward bookings to continue throughout the rest of 2021 and through 2022.
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Uzbekistan Airways Switches To Hybrid Operations
Maxim Pyadushkin
The government-owned carrier made its first low-cost flight from Tashkent to Moscow on Aug. 30.
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Mehrabian To Take Back Control Of Teledyne After FLIR Acquisition
Michael Bruno
Robert Mehrabian will resume his role as Teledyne's chairman, president and chief executive officer after current officeholder Al Pichelli retires on Oct. 15.
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Raytheon Buying FlightAware For Digital Aviation Push Under Collins
Michael Bruno
Collins Aerospace, already one of the largest commercial aerospace suppliers—let alone as part of Raytheon Technologies—is buying high-profile flight tracking data provider FlightAware.
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Rex Pushes Back 737 Fleet Expansion Schedule
Adrian Schofield
Australia’s Regional Express (Rex) appears to be delaying plans to expand the new narrowbody jet service that it introduced on Australian domestic trunk routes earlier in 2021.
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Amsterdam Schiphol Reduces Full-Year Passenger Estimate
Alan Dron
A slower than anticipated recovery from the pandemic has seen the company operating Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) significantly scale back the number of passengers it expects to handle in 2021.
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TAP Air Portugal Pushes Ahead With Restructuring
Victoria Moores
TAP Air Portugal is making headway with its turnaround, phasing out five older aircraft and cutting its workforce by 16%, as it awaits a European Commission (EC) ruling on its restructuring plan.
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Cape Air Eyes Role In Transition To Electric Aviation
Graham Warwick
For one large commuter airline in the U.S., the lessons it is learning as the launch operator of a new conventionally powered aircraft could prove invaluable as it embraces electric aircraft.
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India’s Vistara Secures Final DOT Approval
David Casey
The carrier is now able to add points in the U.S. to its long-haul network.
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