Aviation Daily Roundup: May 6, 2021

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Copa plans to return to a six-bank operating structure at its Panama City Tocumen hub in June to drive greater efficiency as it continues to face an uneven recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Recent start-up Avelo Airlines plans to use Connecticut’s Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) as its first East Coast base and has committed $1.2 million toward an ambitious, $100 million capital-improvement plan unveiled by the airport and its manager, Avports.

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Miami International Airport (MIA) on May 6 announced its selection by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to serve as a test site for drone detection technologies.

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After battling headwinds during the first quarter from a second wave of COVID-19 infections in Brazil, Azul is seeing positive signs for a rebound in demand as its home country’s vaccination rates increase.  

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A further batch of aircraft from failed UK regional airline Flybe has been sold to new owners. 

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The rapid growth in e-commerce and express package transport has driven Boeing to put in place additional capacity to modify 737-800s to the Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) configuration.

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Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, Allegiant Air had a highly defensible business model, reflected by many years of its stock trading in the triple digits before the crisis struck.

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Turkish Airlines said deferrals and cancellations for aircraft ordered before the pandemic and due to be delivered in 2020-21 have now been signed with OEMs.

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Ireland-based ULCC Ryanair will open a base at Stockholm Arlanda during the 2021 winter season and launch domestic services in Sweden for the first time.

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Australian regulators have issued a draft rejection of an application by Qantas and Japan Airlines (JAL) to cooperate more closely, although Qantas says it will argue to have the decision reversed in the final ruling.

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Air France-KLM said May 6 that it expects to offer around half of its equivalent 2019 capacity in the second quarter of 2021. 

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