Welcome to Morning Call for 20 December 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
- Embraer’s New E195-E2 Airliner Competing Against Airbus A220 – BusInsider
- Italy police seize parts in Boeing 787 subcontractor probe: Ansa – BNN
- Loss of Qantas and Air France-KLM deals to Airbus highlights Boeing’s competitive gaps – Flight Global
- ‘One of the most beautiful aircraft ever flown’ – end of an era as last Airbus A380 superjumbo is delivered – Irish Independent
- How decades of de-skilling at Boeing doomed two 737 MAX flights – SCMP
- Boeing to build next airplane in virtual reality – RT
Business Aviation
- ArcosJet: Used bizjet prices to keep rising in 1H2022 – AIN
- How eSAF is key to achieving the aviation industry’s low carbon goals – BAN
Airlines
- Airlines brace for possible flight restrictions ahead of next year’s 5G rollout – WSJ
- Airline CEOs spar with Congress – Travel Pulse
- Ryanair CEO O’Leary: Unvaccinated ‘idiots’ shouldn’t fly – Newsmax
- Sen. Cruz calls out United CEO for lying about how many staff he’s fired as part of cruel vaccine mandate – Townhall
- Southwest CEO tests positive for Covid after senate hearing – AJOT
Urban Air Mobility
- Bristow teams with Overair on Butterfly eVTOL – AIN
- Vertical makes Wall Street eVTOL takeoff with $300 million flotation – FutureFlight
Social Media
- Gulfstream dirt strip takeoff – Twitter
- An attempt by Freddie Laker to break into aircraft manufacturing – Twitter
