Aviation Daily Roundup: June. 13, 2023

The pilot union leadership at FedEx has endorsed a tentative agreement that includes a 30% pay increase over the duration of the deal, raising the bar on agreements other North American airlines have reached in 2023. 

Satellite network and inflight connectivity provider Intelsat is considering creating a network of Mid-Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites to further improve connectivity for airlines.

America’s aerospace dominance was built, in large part, on technology advances tested over the past eight decades through the X-plane experimental aircraft, spaceplane and missile program.

Boeing’s May deliveries underscored its commercial programs’ inconsistency of late as 737 MAX handovers rebounded following a decline in April related to a newly discovered production-quality issue.

Airbus has begun detailed work on a new aircraft that could replace the current A320neo family from the middle of the next decade.

In a new report, Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific is urging airlines to consider the “long-term impacts” of higher airfares.