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Aviation Daily, April 30, 2025

VOL. 440 NO. 22 April 30, 2025
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Airframers

777X on tarmac
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Boeing Adds Crosswind Tests To 777-9 Milestones

Apr 29, 2025
Boeing’s effort to earn regulatory approval of the 777-9 continues to check off key certification requirements, with crosswind testing a recent notable step.

The Daily Memo

X-66 rendering
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Daily Memo: Why Boeing’s X-66 Rethink May Be A Good Idea

Apr 29, 2025
Boeing’s move to realign the X-66 is perhaps better for both the company’s road to industrial recovery and aviation’s longer-term sustainability goals.

Airlines

JetBlue and American aircraft
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JetBlue Courts New Domestic Partner As American Signals End With Suit

Apr 29, 2025
JetBlue Airways may be announcing a new domestic airline partner, as it moves beyond the now-shuttered northeast alliance (NEA) with American Airlines.
ANA's first Boeing 777-300ER modified with AeroSHARK
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ANA Adds AeroShark Riblet Film Onto Passenger 777-300ER

Apr 28, 2025
All Nippon Airways has expanded the AeroShark riblet film program from its Boeing 777F freighter fleet to the passenger 777-300ER.
Finnair pilot A350
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Finnair Strikes To Erode Full-Year Capacity By 5%

Apr 29, 2025
Finnair has decided to cancel 230 flights this summer as a result of ongoing industrial action, which is expected to cut 5% from the airline’s full-year ASKs.
LATAM Airbus A319
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LATAM Sees Stable Demand As Other Regions Languish

Apr 29, 2025
LATAM Airlines Group is bucking trends by its North American peers by upping its financial forecast as demand in its markets remains stable in the near term.
generic aircraft
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AAPA Warns Of Weakened Air Transport Demand From Tariff Fallout

Apr 29, 2025
AAPA Director General Subhas Menon flagged the possibility of a softening on passenger and air cargo demand in the coming months due to the U.S. tariffs.
Florence Parly
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Air France-KLM Confirms Parly As New Board Chair

Apr 29, 2025
Florence Parly will take over as chair of Air France-KLM's board of directors following the annual shareholders’ meeting set for June 4.
Lufthansa Airbus A350-900
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Lufthansa Sees Signs Of Transatlantic Slowdown For Summer

Apr 29, 2025
Lufthansa is still enjoying strong demand on its important transatlantic routes through the second quarter but warns of some signs of slowing from July onward.

Suppliers

PCC Fasteners Jenkin PA plant, before the fire
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OEMs See Little Risk In Fastener Supply Chain

Apr 25, 2025
Top manufacturers continue to express cautious optimism that the loss of SPS Technologies will not lead to major new-production flow disruptions.

Airports

London Gatwick airport and employee
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London Gatwick Agrees To Northern Runway Noise Mitigations

Apr 28, 2025
London Gatwick Airport has agreed to stricter aircraft noise limits, as part of its application to convert its northern taxiway into a second runway.

Regulatory/Legislative

L-R Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT) director general Manat Chavanaprayoon and FAA acting director of the Office of Air Carrier Safety Assurance Dennis Hill
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Thailand Regains Category 1 Rating, Clears Path for U.S. Routes

Apr 23, 2025
Thailand has regained its Category 1 safety rating from the FAA nearly a decade after being downgraded.

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