Compiled by Trevor Buckley
Aircraft Update:
Ethiopian Boeing 787 (from/to Heathrow) Friday 20th March 2015 ETH701 eta 13:25 etd 16:35.
A4O-BY Boeing 737-91MER c/n 44424 Oman Air Delivered Boeing Field-Keflavik-Shannon-Muscat 16-18/03/15.
EI-DSR Airbus A320-214 c/n 3502 Air Berlin Ferried Rome FCO-Dublin 17/03/15 to become D-ABZC.
Global Aviation News:
Air France-KLM Digging The Hole Deeper For Boeing And For Itself
Airline market forecast: Now and the year ahead
Air Zimbabwe seeks $260 million capital injection
Read more: http://nehandaradio.com/2015/03/16/air-zimbabwe-seeks-260-million-capital-injection/
American Airlines soars from bankruptcy to S&P 500 club
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/17/investing/american-airlines-stock-sp500/
Austrian Airlines focuses on leisure marker for summer 2015
Casablanca Airport to break 8m for the first time in 2015; RAM commands 65% of weekly seats
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2015/03/17/casablanca-airport-to-break-8m-for-the-first-time-in-2015/
Emirates airline says will rebuff U.S. allegations, seeks apology
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-airlines-summit-emirates-idUSKBN0MD2BF20150317
Etihad CEO cites airline’s smarter growth path
Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/todayinthesky/2015/03/17/etihad-ceo-hogan-dreamliner-airbus/24852909/
Istanbul New Airport to stage first major international event on emerging mega-hub
Lufthansa CEO says open to new partnerships if they make profits
Lufthansa Group CEO warns of ‘oligarchy’ of Gulf carriers
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/17/us-airlines-summit-lufthansa-idUSKBN0MD1JR20150317
Monarch Airlines prepares for reduced summer schedule from five UK bases as fleet is cut by eight aircraft and charter flights end
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2015/03/10/monarch-airlines-cuts-26-routes-for-s15-but-adds-eight/
Navigating the skies and DC
Read more: http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/lobbyist-profiles/235888-navigating-the-skies
Oil decline a $4.5B windfall for THIS airline: CEO
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/id/102511354#
Opinion: The Playing Field Has Always Been Uneven
Read more: http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/opinion-playing-field-has-always-been-uneven
Open Skies is a Model of Success, Says Etihad Airways President and Chief Executive Officer
Open Skies pact to survive Gulf subsidies dispute, says Boeing exec
Piketty hammers Norwegian founder on air
Read more: http://www.thelocal.no/20150317/piketty-hammers-norwegian-owner-on-air
Qatar Airways CEO delivers key speech at ‘Art for Tomorrow’ conference
Qatar Airways hosted First oneworld Operations Control Conference
Irish Aviation News:
Avolon CFO: Untangling New Lease Accounting Rules
Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2015/03/13/avolon-cfo-untangling-new-lease-accounting-rules/
Form 38.5(b) Aer Lingus
IAG share price: Company to continue talks with Dublin over Aer Lingus bid
No details yet on when Ryanair will provide transatlantic flights
Read more: http://www.newstalk.com/No-details-yet-on-when-Ryanair-will-provide-transatlantic-flights
Progress on IAG’s Aer Lingus bid but unions remain ‘unconvinced’
Ryanair flying to ‘ghost airport’ partly to serve Spanish migrants
Ryanair: Next stop New York
Read more: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2015/03/ryanair
Ryanair to serve Castellón Airport from Bristol and Stansted in S15; 24 Spanish airports now on network
Up to one-hour delay at Dublin Airport’s passport control, FOI documents show
Read more: http://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0316/687375-concerns-about-delays-at-airport-immigration/
WHY THE CITY & REGION NEEDS AN AIRPORT
Read more: http://www.derrysinnfein.ie/why-the-city-region-needs-an-airport/
Irish Aviation Research Institute ™ Blog Posts:
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner to visit Dublin Friday 20th March 2015: http://bit.ly/1xbh6z0
Ryanair’s 10th brand new Boeing 737-800 enters service: http://bit.ly/19xdNaS
Tweets of the day:
@airkarp Boeing’s Conner: Aircraft demand not ‘slowing down,’ cites ‘growth in Asia’ & ‘millions of people moving to the middle class.’ #Aviation15.
@airkarp James Hogan says Etihad doesn’t get free fuel or free landing slots. ‘Shareholder loans & equity? Well, that’s business.’ #Aviation15.
@airkarp Boeing’s Ray Conner: Loss of Ex-Im ‘would impact 1.4 million jobs associated with our airplanes across the supply chain.’ #Aviation15.
@airkarp James Hogan: Gulf airlines ‘are separate, very different. We don’t lobby together. [Etihad’s] fiercest competitor is Emirates.’ #Aviation15.
@FreeEnterprise “Overall infrastructure [in the US] must improve in order for us to get our product out”- @Boeing Vice Chairman Raymond Conner. #aviation15.
@ghimlay “You will be surprised at how many [US] airports are knocking on our doors.” – Etihad CEO #Aviation15.
@KianiKress New day, new strike @lufthansa Pilots to shut down longhaul + Cargo on thursday.
@hharteveldt Many international #airlines that are now privately owned began as state-owned carriers, says @EtihadAirways CEO #aviation15.
@ZakenreisMag #KLM defers delivery of 2 Boeing 787 Dreamliners due to cash problems.
Today’s Video Picks:
Gearóid On City of Derry Airport
Sky fight over airline subsidies
http://www.nbcnews.com/watch/cnbc/sky-fight-over-airline-subsidies-414507587575
Supereconomist Piketty picks on Norwegian capitalist Bjorn Kjos | Full interview Part 2 | Skavlan
