AirInsight US Airline Index
Traffic and our index have taken a downturn over the last week, after the Easter Holiday and spring break peaks. With traffic flattening as fears over vaccination and a regional third wave, the recovery to 2019 levels appears to be moving to the right.
Commercial Aviation
- Boeing finds electrical issue in new areas of 737 MAX cockpit – BNN
- Airbus will use lasers to improve the worst part of flying – Inverse
- UK, US talks to resolve Airbus-Boeing dispute are positive – minister – Reuters
- Boeing board under pressure as families of 737 MAX crash victims push for reform at the top – Guardian
Business Aviation
- Outfitted Gulfstream G700 joins flight-test program – AIN
Airlines
- Mystery Qantas flight touches down in New Zealand just minutes after quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia opens – DailyMail
- Airlines beef up domestic schedules with big jets as international trips remain uncertain – CNBC
- WizzAir CEO: Summer will be slow – Aviation Source
- Cathay Pacific’s traffic is down 94% in March 2021 – World Airline News
Urban Air Mobility
- ASKA – A ‘proper’ flying car now taking pre-orders from the public – UAM News
Social Media
- No injuries reported after Air Show plane makes emergency water landing south of Cocoa Beach – Florida Today
