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Aviation Daily, October 4, 2021

VOL. 426 NO. 1 October 04, 2021
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Airlines

United Airlines at Reagan International Airport
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Air Travel Still Faces Long Recovery As IATA AGM Convenes In Boston

Oct 01, 2021
Delegates from across the air transport spectrum will descend upon Boston Oct. 3-5 for IATA’s 2021 Annual General Meeting (AGM) to discuss the state of an industry that continues to face an uphill climb toward 2019 levels of activity.
Qantas
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Qantas Targets November Restart For London, Los Angeles Routes 

Oct 01, 2021
Qantas has advanced its resumption date for some key international long-haul routes, prompted by the relaxation of border and quarantine restrictions by the Australian government.
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ExpressJet Unveils New Regional Leisure Operation ‘Aha’

Sep 30, 2021
U.S. regional carrier ExpressJet Airlines is relaunching operations on Oct. 24 under a new leisure brand—“aha!”—with flights between Reno, Nevada and…
Qatar Airways Airbus A380
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Grounded Airbus A350s Force Qatar Airways Into U-Turn On A380s

Sep 30, 2021
Qatar Airways is bringing some of its Airbus A380s back into service, as the airline seeks to offset capacity shortfalls caused by the grounding of its A350s.
Ethiopian
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Ethiopian Nears Decision Between A350s Or 777Xs, Eyes Freighters 

Oct 01, 2021
The CEO of Ethiopian Airlines has told Aviation Daily that the carrier is in the final stages of choosing whether to order Airbus A350-1000 or Boeing 777X aircraft for its long-haul fleet.
Norse
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Norse Atlantic Outlines Maiden U.S. Route Plans

Sep 29, 2021
Norse Atlantic Airways has unveiled its initial network strategy, outlining plans to fly to three points in the U.S. from the Norwegian capital Oslo in a U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) filing.
Ryanair 737 MAX
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Ryanair Increases Post-Pandemic Passenger Growth Forecast

Sep 21, 2021
Ryanair Group is now expecting to carry 225 million passengers across its five airlines by early 2026, an 11% increase on its previous forecast.
CE
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China Eastern Outlines Hainan Ambitions

Sep 20, 2021
China Eastern Airlines has launched an operational unit in Hainan where it plans to deploy 50 aircraft and increase domestic and international connectivity.

The Daily Memo

Willie Walsh
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Daily Memo: IATA AGM Is The Time For A Reset

Oct 01, 2021
The challenge for IATA, its new Director General Willie Walsh and the industry is not to look backward and attempt to re-establish the status quo ante, but to build something new.

Technology

NASA’s Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration
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GE Outlines NASA Electric Propulsion Test Plan

Oct 01, 2021
GE Aviation says it will use a modified Saab 340B regional airliner as a flying testbed for hybrid electric propulsion technology to be evaluated as part of NASA’s Electric Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) program.

Airframers

Airbus
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Airbus Sees Micro-Hybridization As First Step In Electrification

Sep 22, 2021
As Airbus is exploring several technologies to drastically cut and eventually annihilate an aircraft’s CO2 emissions, its design engineers are considering micro-hybridization as a starting point in electrification.

Industry Data

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SpeedNews Commercial Aircraft & Engines Marketplace

Oct 01, 2021
Marketplace for Commercial Aircraft & Engines.
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AWIN Market Analysis/Commercial Aviation KPIs: Utilization By Region

Oct 01, 2021
Aggregate utilization hours on global commercial aircraft fleets by region, January 2019-August 2021.
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AWIN Market Analysis/Commercial Aviation KPIs: Utilization – Air Cargo

Oct 01, 2021
Aggregate utilization hours for overnight package carriers, January 2019-August 2021.

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