Morning Call – Monday 7 October 2019

A Summary of Industry News in Commercial Aviation, Business Aviation, Airlines and Social Media

Commercial Aviation

• How Boeing vs. Airbus Became Trump vs. Europe – NYT

• The human factors no company should ignore – FT

• Safety scare as criminals supply dodgy parts to South African planes – BusinessTech

Business Aviation

• Kitty Hawk Unveils Heaviside, an Electric Aircraft 100-Times Quieter Than a Helicopter – TechEBlog

Airlines

• Should Bankrupt Carriers Be Relaunched? – SimpleFlying

• Final passengers arrive back in UK on repatriation flight – SKY

• AA CEO about MAX compensation talks with Boeing – DallasNews

• Peruvian Airlines folds  – FlightGlobal

• Smelly Durian forces landing – FlightGlobal

Social

• Don’t underestimate airplane engines – Twitter

• KLM, the real 100-year old airline – Twitter
• Magnificent balloons – Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• Hyundai creates in-house flying car division: Appoints former NASA engineer as lead – Financial Express
• Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside: The aviation startup has been working on the quiet electric aircraft for two years – TechCrunch

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Addison Schonland

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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