Aviation Daily Roundup: Dec. 15, 2022

Persistent headwinds such as aircraft delivery delays and labor shortages should prevent U.S. airlines from adding too much capacity in the next few years, providing insurance that should help keep fares high even during a recession, Cowen & Co. analysts conclude.

The UK has pushed back plans to ease the rules governing the quantity of liquids passengers can take on board airliners. 

An Avio Aero-led consortium has been awarded €34 million ($36 million) for a technology demonstration program that combines a fuel cell and a hybrid-electric propulsion system based on a GE Catalyst turboprop.

Etihad Airways has appointed a new CFO, while Star Alliance’s former CEO has taken on the CEO role at Gulf Air’s parent company. 

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Embraer’s family of E2 aircraft has been certified in Canada, paving the way for the first aircraft delivery to Porter Airlines. 

Cyprus Airways has announced plans to double its fleet to four Airbus A320s in 2023 and switch to an A320neo operation by 2025.

Qantas has announced plans to add more domestic flights to its network, in the wake of calls by Australian regulators for airlines to boost capacity.

Executives at Delta Air Lines are bullish on the company’s third-party maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) business as the global aviation recovery accelerates and more attention can be paid to growing ancillary revenues.

China’s Sunan Ruili Airlines has signed an agreement with Embraer to join the Energia Advisory Group, making it the first Chinese carrier to participate in the electric aircraft project.