Welcome to Morning Call for October 18, 2021, and the Top Aviation News Stories for today. You can also search our Archives for older news stories by date.
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Commercial Aviation
- Former MAX test pilot indicted – NBC
- New Boeing 737 MAX corporate whitewash: Boeing executives hiding behind one fall guy? – e-turbonews
- Indicted ex-Boeing pilot says he is a ‘scapegoat’ in MAX scandal – DailyMail
- Airbus creating a digital future as Covid crisis ‘unleashes creative energy’ and accelerates services revolution – ABN
- Rolls-Royce turns to digital twins to improve jet engine efficiency – CIO
Business Aviation
- Private jet market roars to life – Bloomberg
- Gulfstream offers G280 cabin and flight deck upgrades – AIN
- Gallery: New look for Dassault Falcon 10X cabin – AvWeek
Airlines
- Retro-fitted Delta A330 tour – TPG
- Delta annoying customers – ZDnet
- Airlines grapple with vaccine refusers amid international travel restart – SCMP
- New airline ITA has officially taken over for Alitalia – see the full history of Italy’s troubled flag carrier – Yahoo
- Six more airlines expand the use of IATA travel pass – Japan Today
- The world’s shortest A380 flight runs for just one hour – Exec Tvl
Urban Air Mobility
- Germany: ABB, Lilium collaborate “to revolutionise charging infrastructure for regional air travel” – UAMNews
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