Aviation Daily Roundup: June 11, 2021

Stobart Air Collapses After Sale Falls Through

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LONDON—UK regional airline Stobart Air has been placed in liquidation after plans to sell the carrier to a new owner collapsed.

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United Airlines Says No Furloughs After PSP Expires In October

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United Airlines said it will not furlough employees after the U.S. government's Payroll Support Program (PSP) expires Oct. 1, citing improving vaccination and demand trends, in a sign that the emergency jobs program achieved its goal of sustaining industry employment through the COVID-19 crisis.

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737 MAX Issues Should Not Disrupt Regulatory Harmonization, Boeing’s Calhoun Says

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Regulators’ stepped-up scrutiny of the Boeing 737 MAX has been justified, but breakdowns at Boeing and the FAA that contributed to two fatal accidents should not be a foundation for long-term technical disagreements between civil aviation agencies, Boeing’s top executive said. 

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Daily Memo: Stage Is Set For Key Reopening Of Transatlantic Corridor

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European airlines are finally seeing some clear signs of recovery in short-haul traffic, but for network carriers starved of long-haul revenue, getting the key North Atlantic market back up and running is a real priority—and that’s a political matter.

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Takatso Consortium Emerges As Preferred Candidate For 51% Of SAA

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The South African government has selected Takatso Consortium as the preferred strategic equity partner to take a majority 51% stake in South African Airways (SAA).

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Viva Adds Second U.S. Service From Medellin

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Viva has launched its second scheduled route to the U.S. with flights connecting Colombia’s second-largest city Medellín and Orlando, Florida.

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Pipistrel Racks Up Electric Trainer Deliveries

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A year after receiving the first type certificate for an electric aircraft, Pipstrel is producing five Velis Electric trainers a month for delivery to flight schools across Europe.

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British Airways Returns Staff To Furlough

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LONDON—International Airlines Group (IAG) carrier British Airways (BA) is returning thousands of workers to furlough, a week after Portugal was removed from the UK green list and no further countries were added.

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Australia, Singapore Governments Commit To Develop Travel Bubble

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AUCKLAND—The leaders of Australia and Singapore have agreed to work toward a travel bubble between their countries, although they have not set a time line on launching such an arrangement.

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Smartwings CEO Criticizes Lufthansa As Eurowings Opens Prague Base

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TENERIFE, Spain—Eurowings will open a base at Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) as it looks to take market share from struggling flag-carrier CSA Czech Airlines. 

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Wind Tunnel Tests Advance France’s EcoPulse Hybrid-Electric Testbed

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Airbus has completed wind tunnel tests of a full-size propulsion unit for the EcoPulse distributed hybrid-electric propulsion flight demonstrator being developed with Daher and Safran.

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Stobart Air collapses, Unites Airlines say no furloughs after PSP expires, 737 MAX issues should not disrupt regulatory harmonization and more. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.

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