Morning Call – Friday 30 October 2020

AirInsight US Airline Index

Commercial Aviation

• Airbus delivers first two A330-800neo to Kuwait Airways – Aerotime
• MHI SpaceJet budget to be cut by 90% – Nikkei
• Boeing sticks to 2022 777X delivery – FlightGlobal
• No. 2 FAA official who ran agency during 737 MAX crisis stepping down – Reuters

Business Aviation

• Textron eyes fourth-quarter aviation profit on private plane rebound – Reuters

Airlines

• JetBlue sticking with seat caps into next year – Reuters
• SAA gets $650M government-backed funding – Aerotime
• United Airlines Launches World’s First Free Transatlantic COVID-19 Testing Pilot  – UAL
• Southwest’s New Cities Fit Neatly Into a Hub Strategy – CrankyFlier

Urban Air Mobility

• “We will see autonomous air taxis before fully autonomous cars!” – UAMAS

Social Media

• The last Russian civil Tu-154 makes its final flight – Twitter
• KLM pilot shows us the 747 sunroof before last flight – Twitter

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Addison Schonland Partner

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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