Aviation Daily Roundup: May 12, 2021

May 13, 2021

Alaska Airlines Exercises MAX Options, Adds 17 Embraer E175s

Alaska Air Group is adding more Boeing 737 MAX and Embraer aircraft to its fleet to prepare for a full recovery in U.S. domestic travel by the summer of 2022. 

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Luxair Hopes For Improved Prospects As Leisure Bookings Strengthen

Luxembourg national carrier Luxair is cautiously optimistic about its prospects for the coming months, according to its annual report published May 10. 

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Daily Memo: After 75 Years, Key U.S. Airport Funding Program Still Proving Its Worth

The official start of perhaps the key driver behind the U.S. airport system’s success can be traced to May 13, 1946—the day President Harry S. Truman signed the Federal Airport Act into law. 

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IAG Raises More Funds To Bolster Position Amid Pandemic

International Airlines Group (IAG) has taken further moves to bolster its balance sheet with the launch of an offering of senior unsecured bonds, convertible into ordinary shares.

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Travel Groups Urge White House To Launch U.S.-UK Travel Corridor

A coalition of nearly two-dozen CEOs from across the travel and tourism industry called on President Joe Biden to take steps to restart air travel between the U.S. and the UK.

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Op-Ed: The Digital Health Passport Blind Spot: What The Industry Is Missing

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Colombia Approves LATAM-Delta Joint Venture

LATAM Airlines Group and Delta Air Lines have received approval from the Colombian government for their joint venture (JV).

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CAE Joins Jaunt Journey EVTOL Team

As it seeks strategic investors to set up operations in Canada, Jaunt Air Mobility has added to the list of suppliers working on the startup’s Journey electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

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Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines On Track For A320neo Family-Dominated Fleet

Turkish LCC Pegasus Airlines plans to operate a fleet almost entirely made up of Airbus A320neo family aircraft by 2025.

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AerCap Shareholders Vote For GECAS Purchase

Company shareholders at AerCap’s annual meeting on May 12 approved the lessor’s acquisition of rival GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).

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Singapore Airlines Begins Restoring U.S. Fifth Freedom Flights

Singapore Airlines is to resume flights between Los Angeles (LAX) and Tokyo Narita (NRT) as the airline continues to rebuild its U.S. network.

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British Airways Adds Guernsey Routes, Ups Amber List Capacity

British Airways has announced plans for two additional domestic services this summer alongside frequency increases on 13 short-haul European routes.

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Tel Aviv Airport Suspends Air Traffic Amid Gaza Rocket Barrage

Israel’s transportation authority said it suspended the air traffic to and from Tel Aviv Ben Gurion International (TLV) on May 11 after a barrage of rockets were fired on the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.

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Airbus Restarts Work On New Narrowbody Final Assembly Line

Based on Airbus’ latest thinking that single-aisle demand will return sooner than expected, the OEM is resuming preparatory work for a new narrowbody final assembly line in Toulouse to be operational by the end of 2022.

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Qantas Postpones International Restart Plans To December

The decision comes after the Australian government released a revised forecast for the recovery of international travel that presented a gloomier outlook than previously projected.

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ST Engineering Signs JV With Temasek To Lease Freighters

The joint venture is owned equally by both parties and its incorporation is expected in the next few months.

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IAG raises more funds to bolster its position in the pandemic, travel groups are urging the White House to launch a U.S. UK travel corridor, and Colombia have approved a LATAM Delta joint venture and more. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.

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