Morning Call: Friday 26 June 2020

Commercial

• Shrinking aerospace demand to keep pressure on cobalt prices – Reuters
• Tesla electric aircraft: Elon Musk responds to ‘Model V’ concept VTOL – iVerse
• Technion students complete first test flight with 3D printed aircraft – 3DPrintingIndustry

General Aviation

• The world’s largest electric commercial plane takes flight – SkiesMag

Airline

• “It’s just brutal. It should never be allowed. It should be illegal.” – WesternAviationNews
• Bain selected as winning bidder for Virgin Australia – Reuters
• Easyjet to operate 500 flights per day from next week – BusinessTraveller
• IFALPA and IFATCA on Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303 Preliminary Report – IFALPA
• Pakistan’s aviation minister said that 262 Pakistani pilots faked exams – WSJ

Social

• Paris-Orly airport reopens after three-month shutdown – Twitter
• UK’s new RAF One – TheDrive

UAM

• Composite Materials for the UAV/AAM Industries: Free Webinar June 30 11amMT – Hexcel
• Honeywell launches new urban air mobility business unit – eVTOL

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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