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Global News

Singapore In Discussions With South Korea And Australia To Restart Travel
Traveling will make a comeback sooner rather than later as Singapore is in discussions with South Korea and Australia to resume travel. Labeled “green-lane” arrangements, Singapore hopes to restart essential travel with states that are controlling the COVID-19 situation well.
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Commercial

Embraer Confirms Talks with Potential Partners
Embraer confirmed Monday that it has entered discussions with more than two potential partners for its commercial aircraft business as part of a five-year strategic plan it expects to formulate within the next few months. Speaking during the company’s first-quarter earnings call with securities analysts, Embraer CEO Francisco Gomes Neto named companies in China, India, “and others” as potential partners, while confirming that the company is considering tapping financial markets—both public and private—to potentially help boost liquidity.
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MHI Closes on Acquisition of Bombardier CRJ Program
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries closed on its acquisition of Bombardier’s CRJ program as scheduled on Monday, marking the launch of MHI RJ Aviation Group. Under the terms of the deal, MHI acquires the maintenance, engineering, airworthiness certification support, refurbishment, asset management, marketing, and sales activities for the CRJ Series aircraft, along with the type certificates and related intellectual property rights.
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Embraer Sees No Cancellations And Believes It Has A “Stable” Production Program
Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer believes that it has a stable situation when it comes to its commercial orders. In a first-quarter earnings call on June 1st, executives highlighted that the manufacturer has seen no cancelations, only deferrals. And, with a sizable order backlog, Embraer believes it has a stable production program through 2021.
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Completing The Second Antonov AN-225 Is ‘Economically Unviable’
The upswing in cargo demand in the wake of the corona-crisis has made for more trips than usual for the world’s largest cargo jet. The frequency of AN-225 operations has led to speculations on whether or not the completion of its unfinished sister aircraft could potentially be back on the cards. However, just recently, Antonov’s CEO told reporters that getting the plane airworthy and operational is “economically unviable.”
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Airbus May Rethink A320 Production Rate Amid Demand Drop
Airbus is holding a meeting later this week, with one of the topics up for discussion reported to be the ongoing production rate of its popular narrowbody, the A320. Although the planemaker had cut production by around a third last month, further cuts could be on the table as a more L-shaped recovery is predicted.
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Airlines

Frontier Airlines Is Now Screening Every Passenger’s Temperature
Frontier has begun to screen the temperature of every human boarding its aircraft. Both passengers and staff will be subject to the new checks that were implemented today. Individuals with a temperature above 100.4 Farenheight (38C), will be denied boarding.
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Emirates Could Take Until 2024 To Return To Normal
In an ATM Marketplace webinar on Monday, the President of Emirates, Sir Tim Clark, said that he thinks that the industry could begin to recover in terms of passenger travel sometime next year, should a vaccine be made readily available. However, he also expressed the belief that a return to pre-corona business levels could be as far away as 2024 for the UAE flag-carrier.
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South African Airways To Get Another $1.2 Billion From Government
The fight continues to save struggling national carrier South African Airways. In May, the team of administrators overseeing the airline’s finances was given 25 days to come up with a plan to save the airline. Today, a draft proposal has been announced, which includes a 21 billion rand ($1.2 billion) bailout loan to help the airline overcome the effects of the coronavirus outbreak.
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JetBlue Sees Bookings Pick Up As TSA Records Record Passengers
JetBlue is, for the first time, since the current crisis took hold, seeing new bookings outnumber cancellations. The news comes as the TSA yesterday saw a new record for passenger traffic since mid-March.
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JetBlue’s First Airbus A220 Will Be Delivered In December
JetBlue’s first A220 will be delivered in December, according to the boss at the airline, CEO Robin Hayes. As well as inducting this new plane type to its fleet, JetBlue is investing in an overhaul of its A320 cabins, so that within two years, every plane in the airline’s stable will “either look new or be new.”
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How Ethiopian Airlines Is Overcoming The Aviation Downturn
Despite the challenges brought about by the coronavirus crisis, Ethiopian Airlines has not reached out for state aid. It has not laid off any workers and has not canceled any of its outstanding aircraft orders. Clearly, the African giant is doing something right. CEO Tewolde GebreMariam has provided some insight into how his airline is succeeding where so many others have failed.
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Emirates Cuts Jobs Amid Coronavirus Downturn
Like many other airlines around the world, Emirates is looking to reduce the size of its workforce in order to reduce its cash burn. Sources report that staff on probation received letters yesterday informing them that their contracts would be terminated in this month. While we haven’t heard too much from the Dubai-based airline regarding layoffs, this most recent news of job losses was almost inevitable, given the current situation.
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United Offers Further Details On Voluntary Separation Program
Tidbits of additional information have been released this weekend regarding United Airlines’ most recent Voluntary Separation Program (VSP). Made public by the union known as the Association of Flight Attendants, the program aims to reduce the airline’s workforce through voluntary resignation, offering benefits to those who leave their jobs of their own will.
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Turkish Airlines and AnadoluJet To Resume Domestic Flights On June 1st
Turkish Airlines has preponed its domestic flight resumptions to June 1st. The airline will operate four daily roundtrips before resuming more domestic flights on June 4th. The resumptions also apply to low-cost carrier AnadoluJet. International services, however, are still slated for a June 10th resumption.
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LATAM Expects Capacity To Return To 18% In July
In the first quarter of 2020, LATAM Airlines Group posted a net loss of US$2,120.2 million. The airline group attributed this loss mainly to the effects of the coronavirus crisis. It also said that, while passenger services are deeply affected, the cargo operations have ramped up. But also, LATAM is currently expecting to operate 18% of its capacity in July.
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Airports

Inbound Passengers To Receive Free COVID Test In Luxembourg
After reopening on May 29, Luxembourg Findel Airport (LUX) is offering arriving passengers the chance to get tested for the deadly coronavirus for free. The Ministry of Mobility and Public Works announced that arriving passengers could get tested at the airport or any COVID-19 testing center in the country.
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Which Countries Have COVID-19 Tests On Arrival?
The way countries are handling the incoming risk and threat of COVID-19 that comes with international airport arrivals varies greatly. While most countries may now have instituted temperature screenings and perhaps a medical questionnaire for asymptomatic arrivals, others are going a step further and have coronavirus testing onsite for all or for at-risk groups. Here is a list of countries that have COVID-19 testing performed on arrival.
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Western Sydney Airport to benefit from Metro connection
Western Sydney International (Nancy-Bird Walton) Airport (SWZ) has welcomed the announcement by the Australian and New South Wales governments regarding work to ensure that the airport is connected by rail will begin in 2020.
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Linköping City Airport’s runway to be moved and broadened
At Linköping City Airport it has been confirmed that Peab and Saab AB will move and broaden the existing runway.
The project is a traditional contract, a contract worth SEK 190 million. Construction began in April 2020 and the project is expected to be completely finished in the autumn of 2022.
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Aviation Quote

You'll be bothered from time to time by storms, fog, snow. When you are, think of those who went through it before you, and say to yourself, 'What they could do, I can do.'

- Antoine de Saint Exupéry, Wind, Sand, and Stars,'1939.