Aviation Daily Roundup: October 15

A return to relative normalcy for commercial passenger airlines depends on one thing above all else: consumer confidence.

The governments of Hong Kong and Singapore have agreed in principle to establish an air travel bubble (ATB) that will mean travelers between the two destinations will not have to quarantine or follow a controlled itinerary.

El Al Israel Airlines will add six destinations back to its route network from Oct. 18.

Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG), the holding company for Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB), has confirmed that its regional carrier Firefly will commence operations of up to 10 narrowbody passenger aircraft starting first quarter 2021.

NASA has begun planning for a flight demonstration of the Transonic Truss Braced Wing ultra-efficient airliner configuration.

One of the first tangible effects of the Israel-UAE rapprochement could be in the offing, with a Dubai-based company planning to bid for ownership of Israeli airline Israir.

Virgin Australia has announced that its CEO Paul Scurrah is leaving the company and will be replaced by former Jetstar CEO Jayne Hrdlicka.

Eurocontrol may have to further revise its traffic forecasts downwards—after already cutting them once—as tightening COVID-19 restrictions and rising infection numbers in many European countries lead to a deteriorating situation for the region’s airlines.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neoLR, as it prepares to use the narrow-body type on long-haul routes.