Aviation Daily Roundup: February 8, 2022
February 09, 2022
Domestic Travel Jumps 40% For China’s Spring Festival
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More than 5 million people traveled by air during the week-long spring festival between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6.
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German Antitrust Authority To Force Lufthansa Feed For Condor
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Germany’s antitrust authority Bundeskartellamt has raised serious concerns over Lufthansa’s decision to terminate a long-standing special pro-rate agreement with leisure carrier Condor in a preliminary decision that will likely lead it to force continuation of the arrangement.
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Thailand To Organize New Airshow In 2025
Credit: TCEB
To promote the growth of the aviation sector in its Eastern Economic Corridor, Thailand will join the Asian airshow circuit by introducing the Thailand International Airshow in 2025.
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Leonardo To Produce Fuselage For Vertical’s eVTOL
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Vertical Aerospace has selected Leonardo’s aerostructures division to design, test and manufacture the carbon-composite fuselage for its planned VX4 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
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ATR Aiming To Exceed 30 Deliveries In 2022
Credit: ATR / LANGENFELD Pierre-Etienne
Regional airframer ATR is looking to ramp up production to deliver over 50 aircraft in 2024, but for the coming 12 months the company is simply aiming to exceed the 31 aircraft it delivered in 2021.
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737 MAX Deliveries Continue To Lag, Boeing Figures Show
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Boeing is having few problems getting new orders on the books but continues to struggle getting aircraft out the door to customers, its January activity suggests.
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ANSPs Start Scaling Back North Atlantic Organized Track Structure
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The air navigation service providers (ANSP) of the UK and Canada are to abolish the use of the North Atlantic Organized Track Structure (OTS) for flights below FL330 (33,000 ft.) from March 1.
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Air Arabia Announces Initial Aircraft For Its Armenia, Pakistan JVs
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LCC Air Arabia hopes to have its joint venture (JV) carriers in Armenia and Pakistan flying by mid-year and has now allocated aircraft to the two new airlines.
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Daily Memo: Widebodies, Supply Chain Hold Keys To Continued MRO Recovery
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Passenger and cargo demand being served by narrowbody and freighter flying is helping commercial maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) providers climb out of the downturn and toward pre-pandemic business levels.
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Sun Country Touts New Pilot Contract Amid Labor Shortage
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Sun Country Airlines is extolling the benefits of its new pilot contract, which it said will help improve hiring and retention efforts amid an industry-wide shortage of pilots.
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Brazil’s Desaer Picks MagniX For Hybrid-Electric Regional Transport
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Brazilian startup Desaer has partnered with electric propulsion developer MagniX to develop a hybrid-electric version of its planned ATL-100 regional utility transport.
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FAA Codifies Staff Roles On 5G-Focused Team
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The FAA has formally designated several internal staff roles to support the agency’s effort to coordinate with other aviation stakeholders and telecommunications industry counterparts as part of work being done to minimize the safety risk of new 5G C-band service.
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