Aviation Daily Roundup: May 25, 2021

American Airlines Sees Stall In Leisure Demand After Summer Surge

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American Airlines remains wary of how leisure demand will trend once the U.S. Labor Day holiday closes out the expected busy summer travel season.

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Azul, LATAM End Codeshare Agreement

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Azul Brazilian Airlines and LATAM Airlines Brasil have ended their domestic codeshare agreement after nine months.

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Delta Domestic Leisure Bookings 100% Restored For June

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Delta Air Lines bookings for domestic leisure travel in June have recovered to 100% of pre-pandemic levels, the latest sign that an anticipated leisure demand surge has fully materialized in time for summer 2021.

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Daily Memo: Forget New Airliners, Think New Business Models

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The aerospace and defense industry is dividing—not between commercial aviation and defense work, but between new markets that are focused on product innovations, such as in space and urban air mobility, and those more focused on business innovation.

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Flydubai To Start Restoring Staff To Payroll

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UAE hybrid carrier flydubai will start recalling furloughed staff in June as it increasingly restores services as the coronavirus pandemic ebbs in some parts of the world.

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New Nigerian National Carrier Revises Takeoff Date

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The start of services by Nigeria’s planned new national carrier has been postponed until the 2022 first quarter, according to the country’s aviation minister. 

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Eurocontrol Working With EU On Belarus Airspace Decisions

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Eurocontrol is working with the European Union and individual member states to put into place decisions made by the European Council to isolate Belarus airspace.  

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Nigerian Carriers Sign Codeshare Deal

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Nigerian carriers Dana Air and Ibom Air have signed an agreement to begin codesharing on domestic routes.

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Lessor SMBC Expands MAX Portfolio With Order For 14 737-8s

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SMBC Aviation Capital has signed up for an additional 14 Boeing 737-8s, the aircraft’s manufacturer announced May 25.

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Garuda Reportedly Planning To Halve Fleet To Save Airline

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Garuda Indonesia is considering cutting its fleet size by at least half as part of a restructuring to save the airline, according to a Bloomberg report citing a staff address by the airline’s President and CEO Irfan Setiaputra.

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MasAir To Lease CDB Aviation’s Two A330 Freighters

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Mexico’s MasAir Cargo Airline has signed on to take the first two Airbus A330-300 converted passenger-to-freighters (P2Fs) from lessor CDB Aviation’s portfolio, adding them to its fleet of Boeing 767s and two A330-200 converted freighters it recently agreed to lease from Altavair. 

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WestJet Extends Temporary Service Cuts To Mexico, Caribbean

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WestJet has extended the temporary suspension of its service to markets in Mexico and the Caribbean until June 4.

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From American Airlines seeing a stall in leisure demand after a summer surge to Flydubai starting to restore staff to payroll.  Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.

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