Tuesday 15 June 2021- Morning Call Top Aviation News Stories

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Traffic hit a post pandemic of nearly 2.1 million passengers on Sunday.  US domestic traffic levels are rapidly returning to pre-pandemic levels, with international traffic remaining down due to continued border closures.

Commercial Aviation

• Airbus Starts Work on Hydrogen Fuel Tanks for Airliners – AIN
  
• CFM Open Rotor – AirInsight
• Spirit AeroSystems exclusive nacelle provider for Rolls-Royce Pearl 10X engine – Composites
  
• Anita Frew to take the wheel at Rolls-Royce – first woman in 115 years – BusinessStandard
• Hyundai accelerates ‘flying car’ efforts  – Reuters

Business Aviation

• Embraer Unveils Medevac Cabin for Phenom 300 – AIN

 Airlines

• LAM Getting Rid of Embraer Aircraft – AllAfrica
  
• JetBlue cuts a whopping 27 routes in sweeping network update – TPG
• Airlines suffer on travel fears as UK stalls full reopening – IrishTimes
• Shipping Bottlenecks Are Giving Air Canada a Big Cargo Boost – AirlineWeekly

Urban Air Mobility

• FAA Admin Steve Dickson Announces New ARC for BVLOS Flight –  Dronelife
• Drone Gets Skyscrapers – Autoevolution

Social Media

• Airplane discovered at the bottom of a California lake could be from 1965 crash – 9NEWS

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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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