Morning Call – Wednesday 6 November 2019

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

Commercial Aviation

• Boeing to invest $1bn in global safety drive – Reuters

• Boeing whistleblower raises doubts over 787 oxygen system – BBC

• A350 set to be integrated into Tianjin completion centre – FlightGlobal

• A new Boeing voice – CNBC

Business Aviation

• Labour’s planned UK private jet ban will not fly – CorpJetInvestor

Airlines

• Norwegian Air slumps after third share sale – Cityam

• Aviation industry to counter flight shaming movement – Reuters

• Former WOW executive to launch new budget airline – TravelMole

• Ukraine International Airlines cuts its fleet in an effort to improve financial performance as it awaits Boeing 737MAX deliveries – RusAvInsider

Social

• Delta Boeing 737 getting hit by lightning – Twitter

Urban Air Mobility

• First Look: Uber Unveils New Design For Uber Eats Delivery Drone – Forbes
• Volocopter expands into utility drone business with VoloDrone – eVTOL.com
• Triumph to provide engineering services to Jaunt Air Mobility – eVTOL.com
• Sheltair Aviation and Blade announce strategic partnership –  Business Airport International
• Airbus opens electric propulsion test facility –  eVTOL.com

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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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