Morning Call – Thursday 24 October 2019

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

Commercial Aviation

• U.S. FAA must restore ‘public confidence’ in plane certification – Reuters

• Ex-Boeing Pilot Complained of Management Pressure on MAX, Former Colleagues Say – WSJ

• Boeing 737 MAX Dry Runs Underway – AvWeek

• Boeing Climbs After Mapping Jump in Max Output for Next Year – Bloomberg

• Spirit Airlines commits to 100 Airbus jets amid tariff dispute – Reuters

Business Aviation

• Dassault’s Falcon 6x advances towards final assembly – BART

Airlines

• Southwest’s tone on compensation for the grounding gets graver by the earnings release – Southwest

• Thai Airways is at a “crisis point” – Bangkok Post

• Norwegian reports its best ever quarterly result – Norwegian

• Virgin Atlantic eyes Manchester – TravelWeekly

Social

• G700 debut – YouTube

Urban Air Mobility

• World’s First Full-Scale Air Taxi VoloPort Unveiled in Singapore – UAS Vision
• Watch Lilium’s all-electric jet ace the complex move it’ll use as an “air taxi” – TopBuzz

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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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