Aviation Daily Roundup: June 10, 2021

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MOSCOW—Russia’s Irkut Corporation has scheduled the initial deliveries of its new MC-21 narrowbody passenger airliner, the first six of which will go to Rossiya Airlines in 2022.

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United Airlines is creating a new corporate venture fund geared toward innovation and sustainability, the latest example of the carrier’s commitment to embrace new technologies in aviation.

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PARIS—European airline CEOs sounded an optimistic note for the summer season as they called on EU governments to proceed with a coordinated relaxing of travel restrictions to allow pent-up demand to translate into ticket sales.

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Germany’s air navigation service provider (ANSP) Deutsche Flugsicherung (DFS) is making the most of relatively quiet air traffic to hone better procedures.

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LYON–By year-end, Airbus plans to fly an A320neo with one tank filled with unblended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to test compatibility with engines and systems.

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The IATA Travel Pass will go live “within weeks,” as the airline representative body attempts to breathe life back into the international travel sector.

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Aviation industry executives from some key Asian markets are seeing very little progress in rebuilding demand due to the latest coronavirus outbreaks, and momentum is likely to be slow to return in the near term.

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Alaska Airlines and Qatar Airways have formally applied to the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to begin a codeshare partnership that will open up new markets for passengers flying to the U.S. from the Gulf state.

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To meet the air cargo shortfall and support the world’s second-largest economy, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has introduced a seven-point plan to accelerate air freight growth and create what it calls a “global 123 cargo flow circle.”

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