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Aviation Daily, December 14, 2020

VOL. 422 NO. 49 December 14, 2020
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Airlines

United Airlines flight attendant
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U.S. Airlines Shed 37,000 Jobs In October

Dec 11, 2020
U.S. airlines shed 37,000 employees from their payrolls following the expiration of the CARES Act Payroll Support Program (PSP) in October.
United biofuels
article

United Airlines Commits To Carbon Neutrality By 2050

Dec 10, 2020
United Airlines pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, helped on by investments in carbon capture technology and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
Fitch
article

Expect More Airline Bankruptcies In 2021, Fitch Says

Dec 11, 2020
U.S credit rating agency Fitch Ratings anticipates further airline failures in 2021, although the COVID-19 vaccine could see pent-up leisure traffic rebound during the second half.
aircraft
article

European Vacation Group TUI Optimistic For Post-COVID Rebound

Dec 10, 2020
European holiday group TUI expects the vacation market to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2022, with the CEO expressing confidence in future prospects.
Southwest Airlines
article

Southwest Airlines To Keep Adding Routes Despite Furlough Warnings

Dec 11, 2020
Southwest Airlines is not backing down from plans to aggressively expand into new markets, even after warning thousands of employees of possible furloughs beginning early in 2021.
Lift
article

South African Newcomer Lift Takes Off

Dec 11, 2020
South African LCC Lift has started services, entering a market that has been roiled by several airlines struggling for survival.

The Daily Memo

Aerion Supersonic
article

Daily Memo: The Supersonic Business Boom Coming To Aviation

Dec 11, 2020
At a time when roughly two-thirds fewer people are flying commercially it might be hard to imagine that someday record numbers of people will fly and many of them will pay up for far-faster flights.

Regulatory/Legislative

Air France A350-900 landing gear
article

EASA Finalizes Trent XWB Blade Inspection Mandate

Dec 11, 2020
EASA finalized a Rolls-Royce-recommended inspection program for some Trent XWBs to spot cracks in intermediate pressure (IP) compressor blade roots.
LSG Sky Chefs
article

European Commission Gives Green Light To LSG European Sale

Dec 03, 2020
The European Commission (EC) has approved the sale of Lufthansa Service Group’s (LSG) European business to Switzerland’s Gategroup, allowing the deal to be closed.
EVA
article

Singapore Relaxes Restrictions For Passengers From Taiwan

Dec 11, 2020
Singapore will relax quarantine restrictions for passengers arriving from Taiwan on Dec. 18 after deciding that the risk of importing cases from the country is low.

Airports

YSJ
article

Atlantic Canada Suffers ‘Devastating’ Route Cuts

Dec 10, 2020
Service is being “whittled down to an unsustainable level” in Canada’s Atlantic provinces following the latest route cuts to be announced by Air Canada.
Heathrow Airport plane
article

Heathrow T4 To Remain Closed For Another Year

Dec 11, 2020
LONDON—Heathrow Airport has decided to mothball Terminal 4 (T4) until the end of 2021, with current operations limited to just two of the airport’s…

Air Navigation

Chicago Midway International Airport tower
article

FAA Flexes Controller Staffing To Handle Recovering Traffic

Dec 09, 2020
After organizing controllers into work crews earlier in 2020 to protect against COVID-19 infections, the FAA is allowing more staffing flexibility at its air traffic control (ATC) facilities.

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