Aviation Daily Roundup: Jan. 24

Boom Supersonic has partnered with Flight Research Inc. (FRI) to test its XB-1 demonstrator in a supersonic corridor stretching across the Mojave Desert.

Air France is extending its business-class service to its domestic network from Feb. 4, offering services such as priority boarding and luggage delivery, access to lounges and more space on board.

Air New Zealand is trialing the use of an artificial intelligence (AI) system to analyze its gate operations and find ways to improve efficiency and reduce aircraft turn-times.

JetBlue Airways has signed an agreement to lease four used Airbus A321s to mitigate the impact of expected A321neo production delays.

Labor shortages, the MAX crisis, technological enablers and lucrative opportunities: John Holmes, the president and CEO of aircraft maintenance powerhouse AAR Corp., talked about all that and more with Aviation Week & Space Technology Editor-In-Chief Joe Anselmo and Chief Editor, MRO Lee Ann Shay at the company’s headquarters outside Chicago.

LOT Polish Airlines parent Polish Aviation Group agreed to buy German leisure airline Condor Jan. 24 in a deal that creates one of the larger European airline groups and targets substantial growth in the coming years.

Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport, which opened Terminal C Jan. 17, plans to double passenger capacity by 2030 to up to 100 million passengers per year.

Russia’s United Engine Corporation (UEC) has delivered its first two PD-14 turbofan engines to the Irkutsk aviation plant.

LOT Polish Airlines parent Polish Aviation Group (PGL) agreed to buy German leisure airline Condor Jan. 24 in a deal that creates one of the larger European airline groups and targets substantial growth in the coming years.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is seeking comment on its proposed new rules that would define what qualifies as a service animal that can be taken on board airliners.