Aviation Daily Roundup: July 21, 2023

A new rule from the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) broadens aircraft requirements for wheelchair-accessible lavatories. 

Citing growing stability throughout its commercial aircraft programs, Boeing says it is on pace to achieve projected production increases and near-term delivery targets and is speeding up the resumption of 777-9 production.

No airline has been more bullish about the recovery in international markets than United Airlines, and for now, that sentiment is translating into tangible results. 

Airbus is conducting performance validation flight tests of the A321XLR to ascertain what the range penalty of added safety measures required by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) will be.

Aer Lingus Regional faces escalating industrial action from pilots in a dispute over union representation.

After taking a 40% stake in new franchise partner FlyNamibia in September 2022, South African regional Airlink is on the look-out for similar ventures in southern Africa. 

Talks are under way between the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) over allowing Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to resume flights to the European Union (EU), three years after the airline was barred from the 27-nation bloc. 

Crane Aerospace & Electronics is to collaborate with Heart Aerospace to define the power distribution system for the Swedish startup’s planned ES-30 electric regional airliner.

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has conditionally approved Takatso Consortium’s plans to acquire a 51% stake in state-owned South African Airways (SAA), but the long-awaited go-ahead has two strings attached.