Daily Aviation Brief – 30/06/2015
Aircraft Update:
EI-FIP Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
See Link: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2015/06/ei-fip-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
N878TM CRJ200 c/n 7392 GECAS Ferried Morlaix-Keflavik-Goose Bay-Duluth-Tucson 29/30-06/15 ex TZ-RCA.
SX-EMB Airbus A319-131 c/n 3705 Ellinair Delivered Keflavik-Thessaloniki 26/06/15 ex EI-FGE.
Flying In Ireland News:
Bombardier C-Series aircraft flight tests show performance better than targets but fails to win Paris orders
Cork Airport’s passenger numbers fall 5.9% in the first five months of the year as it losses two Czech services
Global Aviation News:
ACI Europe promotes open skies; a resounding precedent for airlines and other airports to follow
Airbus A340 on sale for ‘decorative purposes’
Read more: http://www.dailysabah.com/life/2015/06/28/airbus-a340-on-sale-for-decorative-purposes
Air France accelerates B747 retirement
Read more: http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/38349-air-france-accelerates-b747-retirement
Air Lituanica creditors fail to approve non-judical bankruptcy
Delta is world’s most-flown airline; it is ridiculous for US carriers to whinge about competitors receiving state aid
Read more: http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2015/06/worlds-largest-airlines
Four Engines vs. Two: The Surprising Mathematical Guarantee of Safety
ME3 airlines and the new Silk Road
Read more: http://aviationeconomics.com/NewsItem.aspx?title=ME3-airlines-and-the-new-Silk-Road
Norwegian Air Will Serve French Caribbean From U.S. And Eyes Boston-Europe
Open skies moving ahead on multiple fronts, minister says
Read more: http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/06/29/open-skies-moving-ahead-on-multiple-fronts-minister-says/
Royal Brunei to switch out A319s for A320s; mulls A321neoLRs
Russia’s Aeroflot plans to reduce fleet size as crisis deepens
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/06/19/russia-crisis-forum-aeroflot-idUSL5N0Z52RG20150619
TAP Portugal eyes A330neo, A321neo LRs for fleet renewal
Read more: http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/38344-tap-portugal-eyes-a330neo-a321neo-lrs-for-fleet-renewal
Where else will Norwegian fly from BWI?
Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2015/06/25/where-else-will-norwegian-fly-from.html
Irish Aviation News:
ACI EUROPE Prague Congress: Michael Cawley addresses “New Aviation Reality”
Easyjet announces new routes from Belfast International to Lyon and Lanzarote
Irish tourists fly to Tunisia hours after attack
Read more: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-tourists-fly-to-tunisia-hours-after-attack-31333803.html
Michael Cawley Chairman – Failte Ireland Airports -The Key to Tourism Success Tourism – The Key to Airports Success
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/wp-content/uploads/docs/michael-cawley-aci-europe-prague-presentation.pdf
Norwegian Air International is ready to commit to using only European and U.S. pilots and crews on its transatlantic flights.
Read more: http://skift.com/2015/06/25/norwegian-air-makes-concession-on-pilots-in-bid-for-u-s-approval/
Ryanair launches Christmas Countdown (no, really) with 3,500 extra flights
Ryanair will continue to grow intra-Germany [German]
Read more: http://www.airliners.de/ryanair-wachstum-deutschland-bremen-memmingen/36089
Thompson Aero Seating takes off as it unveils a 90% increase in its turnover
#TellusSurvey Week 1 flight lines: western Co.Offaly.
Read more: https://twitter.com/TellusGSI/status/614442767406776320/photo/1
TRAVEL Extra’s Sunday Supplement 29th June
Read more: https://travelextra.wordpress.com/2015/05/24/travel-extras-sunday-supplement-june-28/
Unexpected turbulence at Dublin Airport: seven passengers on inaugural flight from Ethiopia claim asylum
Virgin Atlantic set to return to Belfast with four US flights
Virgin takes off for first time – and EasyJet add new routes
Irish Aviation Research Institute ™ Blog Posts:
IAG carriers deploy Airbus A320 Sharklet fitted aircraft on Dublin routes: http://bit.ly/1J2StGB
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 20-06-15: http://bit.ly/1Ir0i67
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 27-06-15: http://bit.ly/1dnbDvb
Ireland leveraging its aviation experience to drive unprecedented growth: http://bit.ly/1IsktAw
Tweets of the day:
@AlastairDalton Loganair chief executive Stewart Adams admits its aircraft reliability is “simply not been good enough” @TheScotsman #live.
@NATSPressOffice Congrats to the @HeathrowAirport tower team – 1,390 aircraft movements on Friday is a new record off 2 runways.
@Oliver__Clark Etihad’s Jim Callaghan says the open skies row between gulf and US is ‘all about Emirates’ says Etihad is transparent in its business.
@Oliver__Clark Ryanair CCO David O’Brien says lack open skies is a weakness for European flag carriers #aciprague.
@Oliver__Clark Ryanair CCO David O’Brien says Norwegian is being unfairly ‘frozen out’ of North Atlantic market #aciprague.
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About the Author
Trevor Buckley Blogger Irish Aviation Research Institute/ FlI Commercial Aviation News Curator/ Voted 7th in #Avgeek100 2013/ Twitter @IrishAero
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