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Aviation Daily, December 16, 2020

VOL. 422 NO. 51 December 16, 2020
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Regulatory/Legislative

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British Aerospace In Limbo As Brexit Transition Period Nears End

Dec 15, 2020
Four and half years since the Brexit referendum and aerospace is no nearer to understanding what the UK’s future trading relationship with its nearest and largest trading partner will look like.

The Daily Memo

aircraft
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Daily Memo: Is Lots Of Flight-Deck Distraction Better Than Some?

Dec 15, 2020
Among the few differences between the FAA and some regulators on the Boeing 737 MAX’s re-entry into airline schedules is how pilots should be empowered to handle an erroneous stick-shaker stall-warning. 

Airlines

Vaccine
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IATA Renews Call For Aviation Staff To Receive COVID-19 Vaccine Early

Dec 15, 2020
IATA has renewed its call for governments to ensure that aviation-sector employees are counted among the essential workers who will receive COVID-19 vaccines early.
aircraft
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December On Track As Weakest U.S. Travel Month Since August

Dec 15, 2020
December is shaping up to be the weakest air travel month in the U.S. since August, as rising COVID-19 case counts and new government restrictions threaten to undo the modest demand improvement seen during the 2020 third quarter. 
Virgin Atlantic COVID-19 testing
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Virgin Atlantic Begins Pre-Departure Testing Trial

Dec 11, 2020
Virgin Atlantic has launched a new health-testing regime for passengers departing London Heathrow Airport as part of a study to validate the benefits of pre-departure testing for COVID-19.

Suppliers

GX5
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Inmarsat Puts GX5 Satellite Into Service To Boost Inflight Wi-Fi

Dec 10, 2020
British satellite operator Inmarsat has puts its very-high-throughput GX5 satellite into commercial service, boosting inflight broadband capacity for its commercial and business aircraft customers in Europe and the Middle East.

Cargo

ATR 72-600F
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FedEx Takes Delivery Of First Purpose-Built ATR Freighter

Dec 15, 2020
FedEx Express on Dec. 15 received the first ATR 72-600F freighter, a new version ATR launched in 2017 thanks to a firm order from the delivery giant for 30 of the type.

Airframers

MC-21-310
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Irkut MC-21 Makes First Flight With Russian-Made Engines

Dec 15, 2020
An Irkut MC-21-300 narrowbody powered by Russian PD-14 turbofan engines made its first flight from Irkutsk, Russia, on the morning of Dec. 15.

Technology

British Airways and Zeroavia hydrogen-electric flight
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British Airways, ZeroAvia Team Up On Hydrogen-Powered Flight

Dec 14, 2020
British Airways (BA) has formed a partnership with hydrogen-electric flight specialist ZeroAvia, aimed at accelerating the technology for commercial aviation.

View From ATW

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EDITORIAL: Buttigieg Will Need To Show Quick Learning Of The Air Transport Industry

Dec 15, 2020
The Dec. 15 news that US President-elect Joe Biden will nominate former election rival Pete Buttigieg to be US Transportation Secretary will likely be met with a slightly quizzical “interesting” by those in Washington DC aviation circles.

Industry Data