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A very unhappy customer.
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Jens Flottau

Twenty Airbus A350s have been grounded by the Qatar Civil Aviation Authority, turning one of the manufacturer’s most important customers, Qatar Airways, into a very unhappy one for the time being.
 
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Results of the latest Accenture Commercial Aerospace Insight Report, first released to Aviation Week, point to a new low in supplier confidence after the double-whammy of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Boeing 737 MAX shutdown
 
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Linda Blachly

Touchless technology and a push to digitization have risen to the top of airport agendas in a rush to protect the health and restore confidence of passengers in the pandemic era. And technology innovators, which had already begun developing and rolling out parts of the end-to-end digital experience, all agree COVID-19 is pushing innovation even harder.
 
Boom reportedly in talks for North Carolina production site, Roll-Royce says engine flying hours are rising, American Airlines trims summer schedule, and more. Take a look at the daily roundup of air transport news.
 
Up until this point in 2021 the most interesting partnerships in the Americas have occurred in the US and Latin America, as Americansolidified its tie-ups with Alaska and JetBlue and also worked to ensure its stature in Latin America via a new partnership with JetSMARTand a deeper relationship with GOL. 
 
 
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