Aviation Daily Roundup: June 1, 2021

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Flyr’s launch network will consist of five domestic and three international routes from Norway’s capital Oslo (OSL), with the carrier’s inaugural flight set to take off before the end of June.

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Viva Aerobus is starting two new scheduled routes to the U.S., with plans to return to Miami (MIA) for the first time in nearly a decade. 

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Emirates Airline plans to resume its Dubai (DXB)-Venice (VCE) route as Italy moves to ease pandemic-related travel restrictions.  

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Daily passenger throughput at U.S. airports has begun approaching the 2 million mark on peak travel days, the latest sign that pent-up demand is fueling a domestic travel recovery in the U.S.

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All Nippon Airways (ANA) is set to resume scheduled Airbus A380 flights to Hawaii in August after a 17-month hiatus.

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Canada’s airlines are urging the federal government to use a new expert panel report as part of the framework to restart travel in the country. 

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Could Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA), the successor to Alitalia, finally be starting its taxi toward the runway?   

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Iberia is converting three Airbus A330 “preighters” back to passenger configurations and returning 29 stored A320 family aircraft to service, while Lufthansa will return up to 50 more aircraft to service over the coming weeks.

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MOSCOW—Russia’s Aeroflot opened a new hub in Krasnoyarsk (KJA), East Siberia on May 31. 

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Japanese domestic carriers Air Do and Solaseed Air have confirmed they will be forming a partnership under a common holding company, although it appears both brands will continue.

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Air freight pricing data company TAC Index has teamed with space and flight tracking provider Spire Global to launch a new tracking product that will allow airlines, integrators and lessors to acquire macro-level insights on specific cargo movements and its prices. 

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Air China has appointed Chinese aviation industry veteran Ma Chongxian as the airline’s new president, effective immediately. 

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SINGAPORE—Singapore Airlines Group (SIA) LCC subsidiary Scoot received two new Airbus A321neos May 29, the first of the type to complement its Airbus A320s and Boeing 787s. 

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