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Relief package remains stalled in Congress
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Ben Goldstein

U.S. airlines are continuing to push Congress to approve additional federal payroll support, even after initiating a mass round of furloughs that swept up tens of thousands of workers on Oct. 1.
 
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Business travel is down approximately 65%. Empty spaces fill airport parking lots and you can sit anywhere you want at the food court. As summer ends and the holidays approach, airports miss their most frequent customers, business travelers, and the non-aeronautical revenue their numbers represent.

 
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Joe Anselmo | Guy Norris | Graham Warwick

Secretive startup Joby Aviation let Aviation Week’s Guy Norris witness a flight test of its new electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft. Guy and Graham Warwick discuss what he saw – and why the air taxi market is for real.
 
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DATA SNAPSHOT
The COVID-19 crisis had a significant impact on the air cargo sector, with initial demand for transporting medical supplies leading to some airlines temporarily converting grounded passenger aircraft into freighters.
 
 
Adrian Schofield

Two Australian states will soon allow New Zealanders to enter without the need for quarantine, which represents a major step in creating a travel bubble between the two countries.
 
AWIN ANALYSIS
From Europe traffic decline continuing as industry renews COVID testing call to Fuel-cell producer joins Dash 8 conversion team, and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.
 
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CAPA ANALYSIS
Quarantines and other restrictions imposed on travel between certain states in Australia have forced airlines to cut back many of their domestic services.

 
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Sean Broderick

Boeing on Oct. 1 confirmed that it will consolidate production and final assembly of its most advanced commercial product, the 787, at its North Charleston, South Carolina, facility, in 2021.