Morning Call – Thursday 15 August 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Year 2019
Airbus, Boeing, Qantas and Project Sunrise
In the past 24 hours two news items emerged that look like impacting Qantas and its “Project Sunrise”. The first news item was the possible development of an Airbus A350-1000ULR, which should have the ability to offer Qantas an aircraft…
A220 opens up new world to Air Canada
Delivery of the first aircraft is still a few months away, but Air Canada on August 14 gave a little sneak preview of what to expect when it operates its Airbus A220-300 fleet from Spring 2020. The airline announced that…
Morning Call – Wednesday 14 August 2019
Summary of industry news in commercial aviation, business aviation, airlines, and social media
Is Southwest breaking its 737 addiction?
The Seattle Times has an interesting story. Changing language in Union contracts is not something to ignore. It appears that the airline wants to give itself wiggle room. And almost certainly the reason for this need is MAX related. MAX…
Without MAX Norwegian cuts transatlantic network
Amidst the uncertainty of the return to service of its Boeing MAX 8-fleet Norwegian has decided to cut its transatlantic network out of Ireland from mid-September. The low-cost airline will discontinue six routes to Dublin out of Providence and New…