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Aviation Daily Roundup: Jan. 22-24, 2021

AirAsia To Raise $113M In Rights Issue, Airbus Order Still In Place

Credit: Airbus

AirAsia is planning to raise MYR455 million ($113 million) in a private placement to raise cash, pay off debts and cover expenses.

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WestJet Raises Concerns Over Air Canada’s Purchase Of Transat

Credit: Air Transat

Nearly two years after Air Canada announced its plans to purchase Transat, Air Canada’s major rival WestJet has raised competitive concerns about the tie-up. 

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Lufthansa Cargo Logistics Center Upgrade Gets Go-Ahead

Credit: Lufthansa Cargo

Lufthansa Cargo plans to upgrade and expand its logistics center at its home hub of Frankfurt. The air freight operator announced Jan. 21 that its supervisory board has approved investments for a comprehensive infrastructure improvement program for the center. 

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Daily Memo: Divested American Airlines, JetBlue Slots Should Be Reserved For LCCs

Credit: American Airlines

In approving the new Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American Airlines and JetBlue Airways, the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) instructed both carriers to shed a series of slot pairs at crowded airports in New York City and Washington, D.C. 

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New Chengdu Airport Begins Test Flights, Plans For June 30 Opening

Credit: Sichuan Airports Group

The new Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU) began test and verification flights Jan. 22, during which the majority of its future airline users deployed their various aircraft types.

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Iraqi-UK Joint Venture To Run Services At Baghdad International

Credit: Menzies Aviation

Iraq’s Civil Aviation Authority (ICAA) has awarded the contract to provide a suite of ground handling, cargo and fueling services at Baghdad International Airport (BIA) to an Iraqi-UK joint venture (JV). 

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Turkmenistan Airlines Switches To Airbus For Converted Freighter Order

Credit: Airbus

Turkmenistan Airlines has placed an order for two A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft, shopping with Airbus for the first time. 

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New South Korean Start-Up Aero K Schedules First Flights

Credit: Aero K

South Korea’s latest LCC Aero K plans to begin scheduled domestic flights from its Cheongju International Airport (CJJ) base to Jeju (CJU) on Feb. 19.

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U.S. Airlines Welcome Mask Order; Lawmakers Reintroduce Aviation Task Force Bill

Credit: Delta Air Lines

WASHINGTON—U.S. airlines and flight attendants have welcomed a presidential executive order requiring masks to be worn at airports and onboard commercial flights.

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Boeing’s 787 Glut Includes 80 Undelivered Aircraft, Analysis Shows

Credit: Joe G. Walker

Boeing has not delivered a 787 in more than three months and now has at least 80 of the widebody twins awaiting customer handover, an Aviation Week analysis shows.

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European Leaders Looking To Further Tighten COVID-19 Travel Rules

Credit: Paris Aeroport / Twitter

PARIS—European travel rules aimed at limiting the spread of COVID-19 are set to tighten. The region’s leaders are proposing adding new testing requirements to travelers from newly classified zones in which the virus is circulating fast, in addition to discouraging all non-essential travel.  

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Qatar Airways Boosts U.S. Flying, Emirates Returns To Australia

Credit: Qatar Airway

Atlanta will return to the Qatar Airways network in June as part of an expansion of services to the U.S.

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KLM To Cut Up To 1,000 More Jobs As Long-Haul Recovery Falters

Credit: KLM

KLM has announced plans to cut a further 800-1,000 jobs as COVID-19 travel restrictions continue to prevent the Dutch flag-carrier’s recovery.

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BWI Marshall Airport Launches Social Distancing Technology

Credit: BWI

WASHINGTON—Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) has launched a pilot program using innovative technology to provide social distancing information and assessment for customers at a security checkpoint. 

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Flydubai Becomes Latest Carrier To Reinstate Doha

Credit: flydubai

Flydubai has become the latest airline to announce a restart of flights to Qatar following the end of the blockade.

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ICAO Chief Paints Gloomy Picture Of Travel Amid Pandemic

Credit: ICAO / Twitter

There are few signs of near-term relief for the travel and tourism markets, given continued limited supplies of COVID-19 vaccines and gaps in data relating to the coronavirus’s transmission, according to ICAO’s CEO.

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