Morning Call – Thursday 9 January 2020

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

Commercial Aviation

• Boeing jet crashes in Iran with no survivors, security sources see technical cause –  Reuters

• Aircraft surveillance firm says sharing position data for crashed Ukrainian jet with authorities – Reuters

• Cleaner jet fuel made from carbon dioxide? – MontrealGazette

• Willis Lease Finance orders 60 CFM LEAP engines – Willis

Business Aviation

• Aerion Identifies More Suppliers for AS2 Bizjet – AIN

Airlines

• The Secret US Airport Police Who Detained 14,000 Travelers –  FlyerTalk

• Iran Includes US & Boeing and Considers Explosion In Ukrainian Crash Probe – Christine Negroni

• Willie Walsh to retire as IAG chief executive – Independent

• Ukrainian investigators want to search for debris of Russian missile at Iran plane crash site – Reuters

Social

• Airport ballet  – Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• Transportation Secretary Chao at CES: Self-Driving Cars, Drones, and AI – DroneLife
• Autonomous aerial vehicle, or flying air taxi takes test flight in Raleigh – ABC News
• Governor Cuomo Unveils 23^rd Proposal of 2020 State of the State: Investing $9million in Unmanned Aerial Systems Experimentation Test Facility at Griffiss International Airport – State of NY PR

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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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