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Southwest Boeing 737 MAX
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Daily Memo: Southwest’s Conviction: Connections, Point-To-Point Markets Can Coexist

May 27, 2025
Southwest Airlines is eager to talk about connections and how increasing connecting banks will impact its bottom line.

Safety

Boeing 737 MAX
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Boeing Expands Operational Safety Data Analysis Efforts

May 22, 2025
Efforts to capture fleet data and spot trends, part of Boeing’s safety management system (SMS), have accelerated in the past year.
2Excel Aviation/OSRL
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Oil Spill Spray 727s To Be Replaced By Modified 737-800s

May 22, 2025
2Excel Aviation has been awarded a contract to develop, modify and operate a pair of Boeing 737-800s for worldwide oil spill dispersant missions.
a picture of the Swiftair incident
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BEA Says Freighter Accident Showed Point Of Stabilizing Approaches

May 27, 2025
Lessons learned from the runway overrun of a Boeing 737-400 operated by Spain’s Swiftair at Montpellier-Méditerranée Airport, France, in 2022.

Airlines

officials at signing ceremony for a330neo order in vietnam
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VietJet Buys 20 More A330neos In Boost To European Network Plans

May 26, 2025
VietJet has ordered 20 more Airbus A330neo aircraft, doubling its commitment from the initial 20 aircraft purchased in 2024.
Sheldon Hee
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IATA Appoints Hee As Asia-Pacific Regional VP

May 27, 2025
IATA has named former Singapore Airlines Senior Executive Sheldon Hee to be the next head of the group’s Asia-Pacific operations.
SAS aircraft on the ground
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Analysis: Scandinavia–U.S. Summer Capacity Edges Up

May 30, 2025
The transatlantic market between Scandinavia and the U.S. will see growth of more than 3% this summer, helped by the addition of three new routes.

Sustainability

The CAA's head of sustainability, Harry Armstrong, addressing the Sustainable Skies World Summit at Farnborough, May 15
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Demand Reduction On The Agenda As Net Zero Pressures Mount

May 22, 2025
Unfettered growth in the UK's commercial aviation sector will have to square up with decarbonization and net zero ambitions, some industry players say.

Airframers

Remi Maillard
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Airbus Drops CTO Role, Maillard To Lead Commercial Aircraft Engineering

May 27, 2025
Airbus is exchanging the leadership of its research and technology functions in a far-reaching move that also puts those activities into its airliner division.

Technology

close-up view of riblets, which are microscopic grooves that reduce friction drag on the aircraft’s surface.
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Vueling A320s To Get Drag-Reducing Riblet Treatment

May 23, 2025
LCC Vueling has become the European launch customer for Australian startup MicroTau’s drag-reducing Riblet Modification Package.

Airports

ANA aircraft at Narita Airport
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Narita Airport Starts Work On Third Runway

May 27, 2025
Tokyo’s Narita Airport has begun construction of a third runway, aiming to increase the airport’s total annual aircraft movements by 66% by 2029.

Industry Data

Air India new livery 737-8 2023
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Carbon Analysis: Air India Optimizes Efficiency Post-Merger With Vistara

May 27, 2025
Air India, having absorbed Vistara’s fleet, has significantly benefitted from the injection of modern, highly efficient aircraft.
Harrell Fares Promo Image
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Leisure And Business Fares Week Of May 19

May 27, 2025
Harrell Leisure And Business Fares and Cost-Per-Mile.