Morning Call – Monday 30 March 2020

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

Commercial Aviation

• Airbus to pause the majority of production in Spain until 9 April:  Airbus
• Tough decisions loom about grounded fleets: FlightGlobal
• Thai Airways may cut some plane types for good after grounding jets: Reuters
• An-225 returns to flight after modernization: FlightGlobal

Business Aviation

• Assent Aeronautics Announces New Live Online Digital Aircraft Auction: AssentAero

Airlines

• Canada has ‘concerns’ about Air Canada-Transat merger: FlightGlobal
• Uber Pool, but for airplanes: CNBC
• Qantas says pilots approve pay deal covering Sydney-London flights: Reuters
• Contact tracing has been a critical part of Asia’s success in containing coronavirus: Forbes
• John Menzies axes 17,500 jobs amid travel slump: BBC
• Qatar Airways says it will need state support as cash runs out: Reuters

Social

• KLM 747 receives water cannon salute in Mexico before final departure to Schiphol: Twitter
• Qantas’ last ever 747 flight lands in Sydney from Santiago de Chile: Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• Delivery drones: Where are they when we really need them?: TheRegister

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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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