Commercial
- Cathay Pacific mulls changing up 777X order with delivery deferrals or switch to 787 – SCMP
- Airbus’ decision to launch a new product in the middle of a crisis might seem strange – SKIFT
- Boeing plans to cut 787 output, jobs – Reuters
Business
- Cessna delivers first Latitudes configured for flight-inspection missions – FlightGlobal
Airlines
- South African government presses unions for concessions to rebuild SAA – FlightGlobal
- United’s $26.50 per share equity offering is a stark contrast to prices it paid to buy back its own stock – Bloomberg
- Gary Kelly: “If things don’t change dramatically over the May-June-July time periods, we’ll have to prepare ourselves for a drastically smaller airline.” – DallasNews
- Rome to take full control of Alitalia in June – Reuters
- New airplane seats for the coronavirus era? – TPG
- U.S. airfares extend decline as Europe and Asia bottom out – Reuters
- Avatar Airlines applied for CARES Act funding because of course it did – VFTW
Social
- The unique An-225 takes-off from Kyiv – Twitter
- Wierd – Three guys floating down the river on ice in Novokuznetsk,Russia – Twitter
UAM
- OPINION: Technology Changed Aviation and It’s Happening Again with Electric Aircraft – Avionics International
- More extraordinary drone film footage of the world in lockdown – Urban Air Mobility News
- EASA publishes “world first urban drone traffic management rules” – EASA
Transcend Air prepares to open funding round for Vy 400 – Flight Global
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