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Qantas Halts All Intl Flights As Australia Stays Closed

Australia's borders will remain closed to most international visitors through 2021, with the exception of trips to and from New Zealand.

IAG Pulls Plug on Low-cost Subsidiary Level Europe

Level Europe operated low-cost short-haul flights from bases in Vienna and Amsterdam with Airbus A320 family aircraft.

StormBreaker Set For Super Hornet

The GBU-53 is currently the only weapon in the U.S. inventory that can hit moving targets at night and in visually-obscured conditions.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant Busts 200 Knots

The compound Sikorsky-Boeing SB-1 Defiant helicopter broke the 200-knot speed barrier earlier this month.

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Senators Accuse FAA of Dodging Calls for 737 Max Documents

Senate Commerce Committee chairman Roger Wicker grilled FAA Administrator Steve Dickson on what the senator called a lack of cooperation by the agency.

Charter Execs See Only Temporary Surplus in Pilot Pools

While the number of available pilots will continue to increase with airline furloughs, charter execs say during an NBAA webinar the situation is temporary.

Charter & Fractional

Embraer Wins Major Financing Commitments

Brazilian export bank BNDES and other financial institutions have committed to provide up to $600 million in debt financing.

IATA Reticent on Covid Testing for Passengers

The International Air Transport Association has raised concerns over cost, speed, scalability, and accuracy of current Covid 19 testing.

Gameco Inaugurates Boeing 737-800 Freighter Conversion Line

China’s Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company has opened the sixth 737-800BCF conversion line in the People’s Republic.

Embraer to Reintegrate Commercial Aviation, Slattery To GE

Embraer will reverse its “carve out” of Commercial Aviation while division CCO Arjan Meijer assumes the chief executive’s role from John Slattery.

GE Aviation's Joyce To Retire after 40 Years with the Company

GE Aviation’s retiring CEO David Joyce will relinquish his duties to former Embraer Commercial Aviation chief executive John Slattery on September 1

Mitsubishi Aircraft Triggers M90 Management Shakeup

Chief development officer Alex Bellamy will leave Mitsubishi Aircraft as the company names a new chief engineer for the M90.

UK Airlines Launch Legal Challenge to Quarantine Rules

British Airways, EasyJet and Ryanair asked a court to rule on their objections to a 14-day quarantine requirement for most travelers arriving in the UK.

Regulations and Government

Spirit Aero to Pause Boeing Max Fuselage Production

Boeing sent a letter to fuselage supplier Spirit Aerosystems asking it to delay production of twenty 737 Max shipsets.

EC Calls for Limited Opening of External European Union Border

The European Commission recommended that Schengen-area states coordinate lifting of restrictions on countries from outside the region on health grounds.

Regulations and Government

Taiwan Flies Indigenous Advanced Trainer

The AT-5 is a derivative of the F-CK-1 Ching-kuo and will replace aging AT-3s and F-5s in the Republic of China Air Force.

Finnair to Raise €500 Million with New Share Offering

The European Commission on June 9 approved Finland’s participation in its flag carrier’s share offering.

Hilton Software Wins New Government Contract

A new $4 million contract with the U.S. government makes Hilton Software a prime contractor for two government agencies.

Cranfield Research Points to a Smaller Air Transport Industry

A recently released study by Cranfield University shed light on expectations for the future of air transport.

France Unveils €15 Billion Aid Package For Aviation Industry

Government funding includes existing support for Air France, plus a further €8 billion for various aspects of the aerospace sector.

Finance, Taxes, Insurance

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