Aviation Daily Roundup: July 11, 2022

July 12, 2022

Airbus Expects Slower 20-Year Growth, But More Aircraft Deliveries

Airbus expects global air travel to grow by a 3.6% compound annual growth rate over the next 20 years, according to the latest edition of its global market forecast (GMF) issued July 11 in the run-up to the Farnborough Airshow. Credit: Airbus / Sylvain Ramadier

ZeroAvia Power Loss Could Lead To Tighter UK Rules On Experimental Testing

Tightening of rules under which experimental aircraft are test-flown in the UK has been recommended following investigation of the April 2021 forced landing of a hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion testbed flown by U.S./UK startup ZeroAvia. Credit: UK AAIB

U.S. Airports Share $1B In FAA Infrastructure Grants

The U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) and FAA have issued nearly $1 billion in grants to 85 U.S. airports designated for new infrastructure. Credit: Credit: Gensler + HDR / luis vidal + architects / Allegheny Country Airport Authority

Leonardo Joins Rome Airport Operator’s Vertiports Team

With the goal of launching one of Europe’s first commercial urban air taxi routes in 2024, Rome airport operator Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) has partnered with Leonardo to develop ground infrastructure and the air traffic control configurations required for vertiports. Credit: Aeroporti di Roma

ANA Confirms MAX Deliveries, Adjusts 777X Order

All Nippon Airways is converting two of its Boeing 777X orders to freighters, and the carrier has also finalized a previously-announced order for 737 MAXs. Credit: Rob Finlayson

Lessor SMBC Takes $1.6B Hit On Stranded Russian Aircraft

Dublin-headquartered aircraft lessor SMBC Aviation Capital has taken a $1.6 billion impairment, writing off the full value of 34 aircraft stranded in Russia, pushing it to a $1.1 billion full-year loss. Credit: Airbus

KLM To Cut Schiphol Flights As Staffing Issues Mount

KLM said it will cut flights daily through Aug. 28 and restrict booking for intra-European services. Credit: Robin van Lonkhuijsen/ANP/AFP/via Getty Images

Daily Memo: Growth In Tokyo Transit Traffic Provides Welcome Boost For JAL, ANA

With COVID-19 restrictions impeding travel to Japan, the country’s airlines are focusing more heavily on transit traffic at their Tokyo hubs to rebuild international operations. Credit: Joe Pries

Wizz Air Counts Cost Of Strategic Decisions

Central and Eastern European LCC Wizz Air has taken a financial battering in its fiscal 2023 first quarter, partly driven by earlier changes to its hedging policies, which have since been reversed. Credit: Islandstock / Alamy Stock Photo

Frontier CEO Urges Spirit To Delay Merger Vote Until July 27

The CEO of Frontier Airlines wrote a letter to the CEO of Spirit Airlines urging another delay for their planned merger vote, asserting that more time is needed to ensure the deal has support from a sufficient number of large shareholders. Credit: Joe Raedle / Getty Images

Jetlines Closer To Obtaining AOC After Completing Proving Flights

Canadian startup Canada Jetlines has completed its required demonstration flights, which moves the company closer to launch. Credit: Jetlines

ALPA Files Opposition To Republic, SkyWest Pilot Shortage Proposals

The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) has filed complaints with the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) against two regional airlines’ proposals intended to help remedy what the carriers describe as a national shortage of qualified pilots. Credit: Sean Broderick / AWST

Universal Hydrogen Opens Toulouse Base For ATR Hydrogen Conversions

Universal Hydrogen has inaugurated its European engineering design center and headquarters at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport and displayed the ATR 72-500 regional turboprop it is using to develop its hydrogen-electric propulsion retrofit kit. Credit: Universal Hydrogen

Airbus Commercial Aircraft Orders & Deliveries June 2022

Airbus delivered 60 commercial aircraft in June, bringing its half-year total to 297 deliveries to 60 customers, and recorded gross orders for 78 aircraft including 52 from Qantas. Credit: Airbus

Airbus expects slower 20-Year growth, but more aircraft deliveries, ZeroAvia power loss could lead to tighter UK rules on experimental testing and more. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.

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