Morning Call – Friday 18 October 2019

A Summary of Industry News in Commercial Aviation, Business Aviation, Airlines, Urban Air Mobility, and Social Media

Commercial Aviation

• airBaltic OK with GTFs – FlightGlobal

• Boeing 737 MAX victims’ lawyers to subpoena Southwest, American airlines – Reuters

• Vistara signs $2.4bn CFM LEAP-1A engine order for Airbus A320neo – AerospaceTech

• Chinese Hackers Targeted International Aerospace Firms for Years – SecurityWeek

Business Aviation

• BOOM poaches Embraer sales exec – BizJournal

Airlines

• Boeing 777X delays may affect Emirates fleet plans – Reuters

• Ultra-long haul flying: will Qantas succeed? – BangaloreAviation

• Italy would welcome Lufthansa taking stake in Alitalia – Reuters

• Tui Airways mulling changing renaming of MAX – Independent

Social

• A380 engine on fire – Twitter

• Lesson in thrust – Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• Vertical Says Seraph eVTOL Is Top of the Pack for Payload – AIN Online
• Grand Challenge Will Bring NASA, FAA And Industry Together On UAM – AvWeek
• Workhorse To Launch Pilot Program For Medical Delivery Under A New Partnership – TransportUP
• CoMotion Mobility Conference Coming to Los Angeles Nov 14th-15th – CoMotion Mobility Conference

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Addison Schonland

Co-Founder AirInsight. My previous life includes stints at Shell South Africa, CIC Research, and PA Consulting. Got bitten by the aviation bug and ended up an Avgeek. Then the data bug got me, making me a curious Avgeek seeking data-driven logic. Also, I appreciate conversations with smart people from whom I learn so much. Summary: I am very fortunate to work with and converse with great people.

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