Morning Call – Friday 24 January 2020

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

Commercial Aviation

• Spirit Aerosystems preparing to lay off 130 in McAlester; Tulsa layoffs also pending: Tulsa World
• As Airbus Pursues All-Boeing Airline In China, Boeing Has Already Won Airbus’ Chinese Customers: Forbes
• Three U.S. Firefighters Killed in Plane Crash Fighting Australian Wildfires: WSJ
• Boeing to take another ‘clean sheet’ to NMA with focus on pilots: FlightGlobal

Business Aviation

• Analysts: Bombardier’s Bizjet Unit Could Be Sold: AIN

Airlines

• Southwest Airlines fourth-quarter profit fell 21% after Boeing 737 Max grounding drove up costs:  CNBC
• Video from inside a hospital in Wuhan: Twitter
• Spirit Airlines passenger: Cabin crew didn’t take my groping allegation seriously: USAToday
• Loganair Twin Otter flight from Glasgow to Barra: Aviation24

Social

• Everyone loves crosswind landings: Twitter
• “What would be the perfect calming music for air-to-air refuelling?”: Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• SkyDrive Begins Manned Test Flights – TransportUp
• EmbraerX and Elroy Air collaborate on drone delivery systems – Flight Global

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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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