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Aviation Daily, February 11, 2020

VOL. 419 NO. 27 February 11, 2020
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Safety

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Iran Reveals Little In PS752 Shoot-Down Probe Update

Feb 10, 2020
Iran’s initial formal investigative update on the Jan. 8 downing of a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing 737-800 sheds little new information on the disaster and stops short of confirming what its government has admitted: anti-aircraft missiles fired at the aircraft, seemingly in error, brought it down.

Regulatory/Legislative

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Flat FAA Budget Proposal Contains 737 MAX-Related Funding

Feb 10, 2020
The Trump administration has proposed a fiscal 2021 budget of $17.5 billion for the FAA, which includes new funding for safety oversight in response to the Boeing 737 MAX crashes, but falls below the budget enacted for the current fiscal year.

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Airlines

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Breeze Startup Eyes Three Eastern 'North-South Leisure Routes'

Feb 10, 2020
Breeze Airways, airline entrepreneur David Neeleman’s new start-up, plans to launch scheduled service with three “north-south leisure routes” east of the Mississippi River and steadily expand as its fleet size ramps up, the carrier’s U.S. Transportation Dept. certificate application reveals.
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Strong Jet Streams Prompt Record Breaking Transatlantic Crossings

Feb 10, 2020
A British Airways Boeing 747-400 has broken the unofficial record for the fastest subsonic transatlantic flight by flying from New York JFK to London’s Heathrow Airport in less than five hours.
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Aeroflot To Focus On Europe-Asia Transfer Traffic

Feb 06, 2020
Russia’s Aeroflot Airline will launch 5X-weekly Moscow Sheremetyevo-Singapore service from Oct. 25, the first step in a strategy to develop its Europe-Asia network. 
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Korean Air Selects Pratt GTF For A321neos

Feb 10, 2020
Korean Air selected Pratt & Whitney’s PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) to power up to 50 Airbus A321neo aircraft in a key regional win for the engine maker.

Suppliers

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Work On Composite Fan Blades For Rolls UltraFan Demonstrator Begins

Feb 11, 2020
Production of the composite blade set for Rolls-Royce’s UltraFan future large civil engine family demonstrator is getting underway at the company’s Bristol facility, representing the official start of parts manufacturing for the first test engine.
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Rolls Ramps Up Singapore Engine Output

Feb 10, 2020
Rolls-Royce plans to increase engine production at its Singapore assembly plant at Seletar within the next few years as the uptake for widebody airliners shifts to Asia.

Air Navigation

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Eurocontrol Further Tests Smarter Wake Vortex Separation

Feb 10, 2020
Eurocontrol—the organization in charge of air traffic management (ATM) in Europe—has conducted further tests to validate the secondary runway aiming point (SRAP), a concept aimed at increasing runway capacity.

Cargo

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Converted A321P2F Freighter Certification Expected By April

Feb 10, 2020
ST Engineering told reporters at the Singapore Airshow that its newest converted Airbus freighter is expected to receive certification “either this month or next month.”

Departures

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Opinion: Airbus Can Coast On Its Product Line; Boeing Cannot

Feb 05, 2020
Product development inaction is a recipe for Airbus market dominance, possibly for decades to come.

Airport Profile

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Airport Profile: Seattle/Tacoma International (SEA)

Feb 10, 2020
Weekly profile of a major airport’s operations, carriers and destinations.