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Aviation Daily, October 15, 2020

VOL. 422 NO. 9 October 15, 2020
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Airlines

A320neo
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Greek Carrier Sky Express Orders Airbus A320neos

Oct 14, 2020
The order represents the first for an Airbus commercial aircraft since an undisclosed private customer bought a single A320neo on Aug. 7.
WestJet
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WestJet To Suspend Flights At Four Atlantic Canada Stations

Oct 14, 2020
WestJet, citing a lack of demand exacerbated by a local travel bubble, will suspend flights to Charlottetown, Fredericton, Moncton, and Sydney, effective Nov. 2, wiping out 100 weekly flights and 80% of the airline’s capacity in Canada’s Atlantic region. 
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Southwest Airlines Pilots Object to Proposed 10% Pay Cuts

Oct 14, 2020
Southwest Airlines’ pilots are not pleased with CEO Gary Kelly’s proposed plan to avoid furloughs in 2021 in exchange for a 10% companywide pay cut.
Voyager Aviation
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Start-Up Breeze Airways Arranges Sale-Leaseback For A220-300s

Oct 13, 2020
Breeze Airways, the U.S. startup from airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, secured a sale-leaseback agreement with lessor Voyager Aviation for five Airbus A220-300s.

The Daily Memo

Boeing 737 MAX 8
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Daily Memo: Is Boeing’s Outlook Too Rosy Or Just Right?

Oct 14, 2020
As Boeing’s second century is recorded, historians will debate whether the company suffered hubris or at times was just overconfident. 

Regulatory/Legislative

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Brexit Uncertainty Remains Over UK-EU Flights

Oct 14, 2020
UK transport secretary Grant Shapps has said uncertainty still remains over the future legal framework for UK-EU flights, as the UK nears the end of its Brexit transition period.

Airframers

ZEROe Airbus concept aircraft
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ATR Sees Hydrogen Path To Decarbonizing Regional Aviation

Oct 14, 2020
ATR is pursuing hydrogen propulsion as the most feasible path to substantially reducing the carbon emissions of its regional aircraft. 

Airports

Heathrow Airport
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UK CAA Seeks Views On Heathrow Price Increase

Oct 13, 2020
Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is seeking to recover around £1.7 billion ($2.2 billion) in lost COVID-19 revenues through changes to its regulated charging structure, triggering a UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) call for industry feedback that will run until Nov. 5.

Technology

Ampaire
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Ampaire Sets Distance Milestone With Hybrid-Electric Flight

Oct 12, 2020
The startup describes the flight from Camarillo to Hayward in California as “the longest flight to date for any commercially relevant aircraft employing electric propulsion.”

Air Navigation

Heathrow Airport sunset
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Eurocontrol Measures COVID-19 Impact On UK Air Services

Oct 14, 2020
The scale of the COVID-19 epidemic on the UK’s air traffic has been laid out in a report by Eurocontrol, the European air traffic control organization.

Industry Data

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U.S. Airport TSA Screenings Year-Over-Year Comparisons: COVID-19 Pandemic Era

Oct 14, 2020
TSA Screenings Year-Over-Year Comparisons

Airline Snapshot

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Airline Snapshot: LATAM Airlines Group S.A.

Oct 14, 2020
Weekly profile of a major airline.