Aviation Daily Roundup: March. 21, 2023

Delta Air Lines is launching a new pipeline for pilots, under a partnership with Florida-based training provider Skyborne Airline Academy.

WestJet Cargo says it is ready to disrupt the Canadian air cargo industry following new approval and official certification from Transport Canada covering four Boeing 737-800BCFs.

As it begins flight testing its hydrogen-electric powertrain, startup ZeroAvia is moving to ensure that a fuel new to aviation will be available when customers begin to fly their modified aircraft. 

Just over 12 years ago, on a Lufthansa Airbus A330, industry reporters experienced an inflight demonstration of a novel offering—inflight connectivity (IFC). 

Long-haul LCC Norse Atlantic is seeing strong demand for summer 2023 and is preparing to put its winter 2023 flights—including more winter sun destinations—on sale in the coming months, its president told Aviation Week in an interview. 

TAP Portugal, which has been embroiled in management controversy over recent weeks, has swung from a €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) full-year net loss to a €65.6 million net profit for 2022—beating its restructuring targets by three years.

Central African carrier RwandAir has added a third Airbus A330, which will be used to boost long-haul services to Europe and the Middle East.

Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) are co-hosting the inaugural Asia-Pacific Summit for Aviation Safety March 22-24 with the objective of highlighting “stress points” as the region ramps up toward pre-pandemic recovery. 

On the one-year anniversary of the fatal China Eastern Airlines 737-800 crash, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued an update that sheds little light as to the cause of the accident, which killed all 132 onboard.