Morning Call -Thursday 23 May 2019

Commercial Aviation

• Airbus CEO tamps down talk of A350-2000 – Source: Australian Business Times
• Canadian officials to join FAA meeting on Boeing 737 MAX review – Source: Globe and Mail
• Will FAA’s plan for 737 MAX fly outside US?- Source: Phys.org
• A top executive at Boeing’s troubled South Carolina plant is out -Source: New York Times

Business Aviation

• Rolls-Royce delivering Pearl 15s for Bombardier’s new Globals – Source: AIN
• EBACE19: Bombardier unveils Nuage chaise prototype – Source: HMG Aerospace

Airlines

• American CEO Doug Parker is cautiously optimistic about the Boeing MAX – Source: Skift
• Lufthansa unveils new Italian-made A320 family seats – Source: Airways
• United CEO promises to rebook passengers concerned about 737 MAX – Source: Reuters
• Ryanair passenger rails against cabin crew after landing in wrong Italian city – Source: CNN

Airports

• Why you should never use phone charging stations at airports – Source: NY Post
• TWA Hotel doesn’t need city’s power grid.  It has its own. – Source: Wall St. Journal

Defense

• Lockheed Martin may be grilled in F-X probe – Source: The Korea Times

Social Media of the Day

A lawsuit filed by the former inspector general of the Department of Transportation accuses Boeing of repeatedly concealing design flaws in its aircraft and blaming pilots in the aftermath of crashes – Source: CNN

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