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Commercial Aviation
- Boeing reports no orders for second straight month – Source: CNN
- Airbus commits to ensuring A220 meets full potential – Source: AIN
- Airbus Tianjin final assembly line to ramp up to 6 A320s per month by 2020 – Source: China.org
- Planemakers race for wide-body orders in Asia showdown – Source: Reuters
- Ralph Nader: FAA’s Boeing biased officials recuse yourselves or resign – OpEd – Source: Eurasiareview
Business Aviation
- Vref: T-props, Phenom 300E set to hold highest values – Source: AIN
- California’s Ampaire demonstrates parallel hybrid Cessna 337 – Source: Flight Global
- Embraer’s new EmbraerX eVTOL concept is accessible, autonomous, and courteous – Source: Tech Crunch
Airlines
- Avianca names Anko van der Werff as new CEO – Source: Airways
- Delta saves 41 stranded students with a private flight after American Airlines cancels trip – Source: NY Post
- United Airlines makes connecting the world easier than ever with ConnectionSaver – Source: Air 101
Airports
- Vintage aircraft, tours of 1929 terminal part of Port Columbus 90th anniversary celebration- Source: General Aviation News
- Inaugural report into world’s most valuable airport brand ranks Heathrow top of its league, but Dubai’s omission from the Top 25 indicates the criteria may need find tuning – Source: Blue Swan
Defense
- New Book: The US is in a “shadow war.” Space is the battlefield. Source: Futurism
Social Media of the Day
- Spotlight on the Forthcoming Dassault Falcon 6X- Source: Business Jet Traveler
