Aviation Daily Roundup: June. 12, 2023

Colombia’s largest airline Avianca is working to backfill capacity in the Colombian market now that two of the country’s ULCCs—Viva and Ultra Air—have exited the market. 

Government-owned Turkmenistan Airlines will expand its narrowbody passenger fleet. 

Malaysia Airlines has made a strong financial and operational recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, allowing the airline to turn its focus to customer and fleet investments.

Air France is launching a new recruitment campaign for cadet pilots with a comprehensive training program entirely paid for by the airline. 

While European airlines may be confident the already in progress summer travel season won’t repeat summer 2022’s airport staffing chaos, Eurocontrol and airports’ association ACI Europe have flagged another potential issue: weather and the impact adverse summer conditions could have on airports. 

Engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are building prototypes of an air-cooled, 1-megawatt electric motor with high specific power that could power future electrified commercial aircraft.

Whisper Aero has unveiled a concept for an electric regional air mobility aircraft that tightly integrates the startup’s electric ducted fan (EDF) quiet propulsion system with unconventional aerodynamics.