Morning Call – Monday 16 March 2020

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

Commercial Aviation

• After a Long Fall in Oil Prices, a Crash:  WSJ
• Possibly ‘a few months’ until life gets ‘back to normal’: TheHill
• Airbus Helicopter Deals Raised Red Flags Amid Probes of Jet, Defense Units: WSJ
• Russian and Chinese engineers collaborate remotely on the CR929 due to coronavirus threat: RusAvInsider

Business Aviation

• Business Aviation Braces For A Bumpy Brexit Landing: AIN

Airlines

• Italy to take full control of Alitalia as virus hits sale plan: Reuters
• Because of COVID-19 flight restrictions, Air Tahiti Nui operated its service to Paris non-stop from Papeete—without its normal stop at LAX: FlightRadar24 
• Southwest says ‘seriously considering’ cutting flights in short term: Reuters
• UK regulator fines Cathay Pacific $652,000 for data breach: ch-Aviation

Social

• Taiwan sets example for world on how to fight coronavirus: ABC
• This is how people take flight in 2020: Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• FAA currently engaged with more than 15 eVTOL projects – eVTOL
• EHang receives authorization for flight testing in Norway – eVTOL

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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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