Aviation Daily Roundup: May 5, 2021

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An absence of passenger-aircraft belly capacity and growing needs of shippers to move goods is translating into more long-term charter contracts for Atlas Air Worldwide—a trend the company sees continuing well into the future.

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Swiss startup Dufour Aerospace has secured additional funding to take its aEro3 hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff and-landing aircraft into pre-production and certification. The funding round was led by Swiss early-stage investor Session.vc.

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FRANKFURT—Bernard Ziegler, the legendary former Airbus chief pilot and senior vice president-engineering, died May 5. He was 88. 

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Credit: Rob Finlayson

Norwegian regional operator Widerøe said it expects a repeat of demand patterns from seen last summer, when it recorded one of its best Julys ever, as Norwegians plan domestic vacations amid the ongoing COVID-19 uncertainty.

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Wisk Aero has agreed to operate up to 30 autonomous air taxis on Blade Urban Air Mobility’s U.S. network.

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Conventional wisdom in the industry dictates that it is good for legacy airlines to be part of one of the three global alliances. 

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Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC) is looking at a potential partial acquisition of SR Technics Malaysia to bolster its narrowbody MRO capabilities as it enters a recovery phase “fraught with risks.”

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Italy-based Air Dolomiti is in negotiations with several European regional airports which are looking for airline partnerships to secure connectivity. 

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FedEx Express and its partners have begun a series of humanitarian flights to India, delivering much needed medical supplies and oxygen concentrators.

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Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) is giving its smaller airline Firefly more flexibility to capture the domestic and regional market while aiming to avoid cannibalization of routes operated by Malaysia Airlines. 

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Credit: Joe Pries

Although Allegiant Air could grow its capacity by 20% in the back half of this year, the airline is taking a measured approach to expansion  as it evaluates a favorable used aircraft market, which it can continue to access in the future.

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