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AVIATION WEEK NETWORK WINS NEAL AWARDS
The Aviation Week Network won a Jesse H. Neal Award on April 17 for Best News Coverage. The Neal judges recognized Safety Editor Sean Broderick and his colleagues on the editorial team for their coverage of the Boeing 737 MAX saga in Aviation Daily and Aviation Week & Space Technology and on the Check 6 podcast. The Neal Awards are the business-to-business equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. 
 
Ben Goldstein

A group of U.S. Senate Democrats called on airlines to release an estimated $10 billion in full cash refunds for flights canceled by passengers owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
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GOOD NEWS
Here is some industry news that should make you smile. Learn how Duncan Aviation is making masks and gowns for front-line workers, and AirBaltic is bringing one million face masks to regions of Latavia, and much more.
 
 
Chen Chuanren

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced almost every nation to implement various forms of stringent border control measures, minimizing entry for noncitizens.
 
ASK THE EDITORS
The Aviation Week Network has been helping guide our industry through major crises’ since World War I. In that spirit, we have launched our new “Ask Aviation Week Editors” feature.

Readers can submit questions to our global team of editors. If we don’t have an answer, we’ll reach out to our large networks of experts to provide one.

Simply submit your questions via this form and look out for our daily feature of questions and answers coming soon.
 
CityJet enters into Chapter 11 as Brussels Airlines ends contract; Italy pledges to make a big investment in Alitalia; IATA looks for more assistance for Latin American airlines; CARES Act will have Allegiant flying empty jets to meet terms, and more. A roundup of Aviation Daily news.
 
CAPA ANALYSIS
For aviation, it is by now clear that “normal” is past history. CAPA’s COVID-19 Masterclass on 8-Apr-2020 began an exploration of what the journey to the new ‘normal’ will look like for the aviation industry.
 
FEATURED WEBINARS
 
April 22
8:00 EDT / 13:00 BST / 14:00 CEST
The Air Transport Webinar will feature a fireside chat with József Váradi, the founder and CEO of Wizz Air, one of Europe’s fastest-growing airlines and the leading low-cost carrier in Central and Eastern Europe. 

Váradi will talk with ATW Editor-in-Chief Karen Walker, explaining how he was able to rapidly grow a startup while always ensuring its financial strength, and provide his thoughts on how the air transport industry will restart and what changes will be necessary. Audience questions will be welcomed during the webinar.
 
April 24
10:00 EDT / 15:00 BST / 16:00 CEST
As the world grapples with COVID-19, great minds continue work on technologies that could change life as we know it. But will today’s economic troubles and a slowdown in venture capital investment alter the future by reshaping which innovations come out on top?

On April 24, our panel of experts will spend an hour answering your questions about autonomy, electric propulsion, hypersonics, digitization, machine learning and other game-changing technologies.
 
COVID-19 NEWS UPDATES
 
 
We are committed to action and are introducing more robust ways for you to know, predict and connect as we all navigate the crisis and position for the future.
 

April 22
 09:00 EDT / 13:00 GMT/ 21:00 SGT / 23:00 AEST

Following our first Masterclass which attracted 2300+ registrations including 900 airline executives, we turn our attention to aviation regulation.

The global aviation industry that emerges from the COVID-19 crisis will be vastly different and require global leadership on the regulatory structure that governs the way the industry works.  Bringing together CAPA's Peter Harbison, aviation consultant John Byerly and other guests, this Masterclass will address this vital issue and delve further into what the market could look like post COVID-19.

Complimentary registration is available.
 
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