Aviation Daily Roundup: September 21, 2021
Shell Sets Out SAF Production Ambition
Credit: Royal Dutch ShellOil and gas company Shell has set itself a target of producing 2 million metric tons of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) a year by 2025.
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Spanish Partners To Convert Caravan To Fuel-Cell Propulsion
Credit: Dante AeronauticalSpanish airlines Volotea and Air Nostrum, with Spanish/Australian startup Dante Aeronautical, plan to convert the Cessna Grand Caravan to hydrogen fuel-cell propulsion, aiming for first flight early in 2024.
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Aegean Airlines Improves Cash Flow; Reaccelerates A320neo Deliveries
Credit: Aegean AirlinesAegean Airlines generated positive cash flow in the 2021 second quarter (Q2), which reduced the Greek carrier’s losses despite limited activity.
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Bamboo Airways Set To Seal $2B GEnx Engine Deal
Credit: Bamboo AirwaysBamboo Airways will finalize a $2 billion General Electric GEnx engine deal during Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phu’s visit to the U.S. this week.
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Vertical Signs EVTOL Tie-Up With Bristow; Avolon Strikes Brazil Deal
Credit: Vertical AerospaceHard on the heels of its agreement with Electra to pursue electric short-takeoff aircraft, helicopter operator Bristow Group has announced a partnership with Vertical Aerospace to explore electric vertical-takeoff aircraft.
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The Worst Of The Crisis Is Over, EasyJet CEO Says
Credit: Kurt HofmannEasyJet CEO Johan Lundgren believes the worst of the COVID-19 crisis for the UK-based LCC has passed, thanks to the increased demand that vaccination programs have ushered in.
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Airlines See Easing Of U.S. Entry Rules As Major Step In Recovery
Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesAirlines on both side of the Atlantic welcomed the likely boost to transatlantic travel that the U.S. government’s decision to ease restrictions on foreign travelers is expected to bring, and IATA urged governments to avoid “blanket” COVID-19 rules going forward.
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Smartavia Plans Large Moscow Sheremetyevo Flight Program
Credit: Rob FinlaysonRussian carrier Smartavia has signed an agreement to open a base at Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO), vowing to launch “a large-scale program of flights” from the airport.
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Vueling Secures Ceded Air France Slots At Paris Orly
Credit: Joe PriesSpanish carrier Vueling has been given the green light to take over 18 daily slots at Paris Orly (ORY) that were ceded by Air France to remedy competition concerns following its €4 billion ($4.7 billion) recapitalization by the French state.
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Icelandic LCC PLAY To Lease Six A320neos
Credit: PLAYIcelandic LCC PLAY is firming up leases on six new aircraft—five Airbus A320neos and one A321NX—which will be delivered between spring 2022 and spring 2023.
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Daily Memo: The C919 Conundrum: Duopoly To Triopoly?
Credit: ITPS CanadaWhen China created COMAC in 2008 to develop the C919 narrowbody, it spawned questions about whether the project would put an end to the comfortable Airbus-Boeing duopoly in passenger jets.
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Ryanair Increases Post-Pandemic Passenger Growth Forecast
Credit: BoeingRyanair Group is now expecting to carry 225 million passengers across its five airlines by early 2026, an 11% increase on its previous forecast.
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Flight Safety Foundation Assessment Targets Downturn’s Added Risks
Credit: Nigel Howarth / Aviation WeekThe Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) is leading an effort to quantity safety risks that the downturn’s operational interruptions have introduced into parts of the aviation system so industry can adjust long-term safety programs in response to the new issues.
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Shell sets out SAF production ambition, EasyJet CEO says the worst of the crisis is over, Bamboo Airways set to seal $2B GEnx engine deal and more. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.
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