Aviation Daily Roundup: March. 27, 2023

March 28, 2023

Brussels Airlines, EU Lobby Group A4E Get New Leaders

Credit: Brussels Airlines

Two senior leadership changes are afoot in Brussels with Lufthansa Cargo chairperson Dorothea von Boxberg being selected as the next CEO of Brussels Airlines and aviation newcomer Ourania Georgoutsakou taking the managing director role at EU aviation lobby group Airlines for Europe (A4E).

Daily Memo: Safety Improvement Starts With Return To Basics

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Major changes may come out of the current U.S. industry safety call to action, such as adoption of new airport surface monitoring tools, or expansion of current ones to new airports. 

DOT Denies JetBlue-Spirit Exemption Request, Citing Lawsuit

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Citing the pending lawsuit challenging their merger, the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) has denied an exemption request from JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines.

GAO Outlines How A Pentagon Effort To Help The SAF Industry Went Awry

Credit: Red Rock Biofuels

The Pentagon in 2014 wanted to seed the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry inside the U.S. and used the Defense Production Act to award $210 million to three companies to build biofuel production facilities.

AirBaltic Brings In More Wet-Lease Aircraft To Mitigate Pratt Delays

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Latvian carrier airBaltic plans to wet-lease more aircraft from March 27 to May 31 to mitigate the impact of delays in engine maintenance by Pratt & Whitney.

Vietnam Airlines Restarts Japan Routes

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Vietnam Airlines resumed its Da Nang–Tokyo Narita service March 26, marking the resumption of the carrier’s pre-pandemic connectivity between the two countries.

T’Way Plans International Growth At South Korea’s Cheongju Airport

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South Korean LCC T’Way Air is expanding its international operations by establishing a secondary hub at South Korea’s Cheongju Airport.

From GAO outlining how a Pentagon effort to help the SAF industry went awry to AirBaltic bringing in more wet-lease aircraft to mitigate Pratt delays. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.

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