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Aviation Daily, August 20, 2021

VOL. 425 NO. 34 August 20, 2021
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Technology

NASA
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NASA Closes In On Electrified Propulsion Demonstration Awards

Aug 19, 2021
Lee Noble, director of NASA Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate’s Integrated Aviation Systems Program, recently updated the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics on the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration effort.
Ampaire
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Ampaire Demonstrates Hybrid Bridge To Electrified Regional Flights

Aug 19, 2021
The U.S. startup’s Electric EEL completed several flights on a representative regional airline route from Kirkwall Airport on the island of Orkney to Wick John O’Groats Airport some 40 mi. away on the Scottish mainland.

The Daily Memo

FDF
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Daily Memo: French Caribbean Crisis Highlights Fragile Nature Of Recovery

Aug 19, 2021
Tourists were told to leave Martinique after a new wave of COVID cases, highlighting the fragile nature of the broader aviation sector recovery—when the virus reemerges in a given region, the situation for the airlines serving it can change dramatically in days.   

Regulatory/Legislative

LAX
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U.S. Imposes Capacity Limits On Four Chinese Carriers

Aug 19, 2021
The U.S. Transportation Department will limit capacity on some flights to the U.S. operated by Chinese airlines in retaliation to a similar move by authorities in China.
SIN
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Singapore Lifts More Border Restrictions As Herd Immunity Nears

Aug 19, 2021
The country will establish vaccination travel lanes with Brunei and Germany, allowing inoculated passengers to travel into the country without the requirement to quarantine.
Alitalia
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Alitalia Successor ITA Secures AOC

Aug 19, 2021
Italy’s new national carrier Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) has got the go-ahead to put tickets on sale and begin flying.
Brussels Airport
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Belgium Considers New Aviation Taxes

Aug 18, 2021
The proposals come from the country’s High Council of Finance (HCF), a group of experts that analyzes and studies fundamental budgetary, financial and fiscal issues, and then suggest adaptations or reforms to the taxation system.

Airlines

Avelo Airlines
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Avelo’s East Coast Start Will Focus On Florida

Aug 19, 2021
Avelo Airlines will begin U.S. East Coast service with four routes from its Connecticut base to four leisure-heavy Florida destinations—Ft. Lauderdale, Ft. Myers, Orlando and Tampa Bay—the recent start-up said Aug. 19. 
Azul
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Emirates Signs Codeshare With Brazil’s Azul

Aug 19, 2021
Emirates has signed a codeshare agreement with Azul that allows passengers to connect to eight cities in Brazil via São Paulo Guarulhos.
Sounds
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Sounds Air Looks Ahead To Electric Regional Flying

Aug 19, 2021
New Zealand regional airline Sounds Air has confirmed its launch orders with Swedish startup Heart Aerospace for an initial three ES-19 electric 19-passenger aircraft.
IATA
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Taiwanese Carriers Latest To Trial IATA Travel Pass

Aug 18, 2021
After piloting a number of health verification applications since the start of the year, China Airlines and EVA Air will now trial the IATA Travel Pass. 

Industry Data