Morning Call – Monday 23 March 2020

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

Commercial Aviation

• Embraer sends employees that cannot perform their job activities remotely on temporary paid leave:  Aviator
• Dornier Seawings announces its New Generation Seastar is almost completed and will achieve its first flight soon: Twitter
• Boeing worker at Everett plant dies from coronavirus infection: SeattleTimes
• Airbus says plants will reopen at slower production rate: CNBC

Business Aviation

• Travel Bans Complicate Bizav’s Bid to Keep Business Moving: AIN

Airlines

• Saudi Arabia’s Oil Price War Is Backfiring: OilPrice
• Airline schedules shrink further: AirInsight
• International Flights to Beijing Diverted Over Imported Coronavirus Concerns: Caixin
• Tens of thousands of British travelers face being stranded abroad: Independent

Social

• How the virus got out: NYT
• China’s huge cleanup: Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• Drones to save lives – CataloniaToday
• Lilium raises another $240m – TechCrunch
• XTI Aircraft to extend equity crowdfunding offering – eVTOL.com
• With 3 Times the Speed, This VTOL Concept Wants to Disrupt the Executive Helicopter Market – ROBB Report

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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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