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Year 2020

1Q20 Airline Wide-body Fleet

Emirates AirbusA380

The pandemic has decimated the wide-body fleets as long-haul travel has nearly stopped entirely.  The most expensive aircraft an airline can deploy has become an economic burden unless it is converted into an PPE carrier.  That was the good news. …

Morning Call: Wednesday 1 July 2020

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Commercial How do you break barriers without breaking the sound barrier? – Aerion UAE’s aviation regulator will conduct its own MAX tests – Bloomberg 737 MAX development marred by design, communications flaws – Reuters How Will 100,000 Job Losses By…

Airbus to slash 15.000 positions

AirbusA350 scaled

Airbus is to slash 15.000 positions before mid-2021 as it adapts to revised market conditions. The European airframer said on June 30 it needs to resize following a forty percent reduction in production after Covid-19. The announcement was expected only…

Morning Call: Tuesday 30 June 2020

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Commercial Maintenance firm clashes with inquiry over severe E190 loss-of-control incident – FlightGlobal Hydrogen-powered aviation is ready for take-off – Politico Norwegian Air’s Notice of Termination to the Boeing Company of purchase agreements and GoldCare agreement – Norwegian General Aviation…

Bombardier Global 5500 Enters Service

Global 5500

The new Global 5500 from Bombardier, the smallest model in the Global family, joined its larger Global 6500 and Global 7500 in service last week with the first delivery to an undisclosed customer. Initially introduced at the EBACE convention in…