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Aviation Daily, August 5, 2021

VOL. 425 NO. 23 August 05, 2021
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Airlines

Spirit Airlines exterior
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American, Spirit Issues Extend U.S. Airlines’ Summer Of Discontent

Aug 04, 2021
U.S. Senate lawmakers are gathering information on how several carriers, including American, have managed workforce issues during the downturn while collecting payroll-relief funds.
Nordica
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Nordica Begins Flying Under Its Own Name

Aug 02, 2021
Estonian carrier Nordica has launched scheduled services under its own air operator’s certificate and IATA code for the first time.
Fiji
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Fiji Airways Brings Forward A330 Lease Returns

Jul 30, 2021
Fiji Airways has reached an agreement to return two of its Airbus A330s to lessors earlier than planned.
GOL 737 MAX
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GOL Expands MAX Order Book With Plan To Add 28 737-8s

Aug 04, 2021
Fifteen of the MAX jets will financed through direct operating leases, nine with sale-leasebacks, and the remaining four through finance leases. 
skywest American Eagle airlines Bombardier CRJ-700
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SkyWest Gets Q2 Boost With Demand For Dual-Class Regional Jets

Jul 30, 2021
Utah-based SkyWest reported a Q2 net income of $62 million, topping most analyst estimates.
Premia
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South Korea’s Air Premia Eyes U.S. Service, Readies Domestic Launch

Aug 02, 2021
Startup Air Premia is plotting flights from Seoul Incheon to LAX.

The Daily Memo

IndiGo
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Daily Memo: Asia’s LCC Orderbooks Remain Largely Intact, For Now

Aug 04, 2021
The era of Asian LCCs outdoing each other with massive narrowbody orders is probably over for the foreseeable future, as digesting their current backlogs will be enough of a challenge.

MRO

A350 wing in flight
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Moog Encouraged By Aftermarket Recovery’s Pace

Aug 04, 2021
Motion control supplier Moog’s aftermarket business is bouncing back quickly despite the company’s high exposure to widebody fleets that are being hit hard by the ongoing international long-haul traffic slump.

Airframers

Regent
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Is There A Future At Sea For Regional Aviation?

Aug 04, 2021
Startup Regent plans to have a piloted 12-passenger seaglider on the market by 2025 as a replacement for seaplanes and water taxis, followed by a 50-passenger vehicle that the company sees replacing not only ferries, but regional turboprops and jets.

Regulatory/Legislative

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Joby Begins Process Toward eVTOL Airline Operations

Jul 29, 2021
The company, which is also currently pursuing Part 23 type certification of the S4 eVTOL aircraft as well as production certification of the assembly line which will manufacture it, is targeting air carrier approval in 2022.

AAM

Volocopter VoloConnect
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Long Wait For Return On UAM Investment, Report Says

Jul 13, 2021
Only a fraction of the investment required to make urban air mobility (UAM) an economically or socially relevant mode of transportation has been raised, and players in the market will need to take the long view if they want to see a return on their investment, cautions a report by Porsche Consulting.

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