Daily Aviation Brief – 01/02/2016
Aircraft Update:
D-ABKT Boeing 737-86J/W c/n 36881 Eastern Airways Ferried Shannon-Munich 27/01/16 after paint prior delivery to become N279EA.
EI-FOH Boeing 737-8AS/W c/n 44717 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 28/01/16.
EI-FOI Boeing 737-8AS/W c/n 44712 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 29/01/16.
OK-TSM Boeing 737-9GJER c/n 34952 Travel Service Delivered Woensdrecht-Prague 27/01/16 ex EI-FMS.
Global Aviation News:
Allegiant Air says its working to improve aircraft ‘reliability’
American Airlines Sees Fares Staying Low for Rest of 2016
ANA Plans to Buy A380 Superjumbos to Expand Overseas Routes
Bombardier Dips Below C$1 to Lowest Price in Almost 25 Years
Flybe Counters “Uncertain Environment” In Travel With Cost Savings
Heathrow Runway Bid Buoyed by McLoughlin’s Overtures to Industry
New era for Saudi Arabia’s aviation sector
Read more: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/new-era-for-saudi-arabia-s-aviation-sector–620141.html#.Vq0f4rKLTIU
New runway landing system completed at St. John’s airport
Travel Is Booming, but Travel Stocks Are Being Left Behind
Travel search site covers coach, rail and air
Read more: http://www.carandtravel.eu/?p=16496
United Airlines to Start Only U.S.-Singapore Non-Stop Flight
Yes we can land a route to North America says Cardiff Airport chairman Roger Lewis
Read more: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/yes-can-land-route-north-10804268
Irish Aviation News:
Donegal flight cancellations caused upset for patients
Read more: http://donegalnews.com/2016/01/donegal-flight-cancellations-caused-upset-for-patients/
Dublin based lessor Arctic Aviation Assets (AAA) finalizes PDP Financing for 50 Airbus A320NEO’s
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/27238
No retreat for ‘Slasher Walsh’: IAG airline boss to keep cutting costs
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/iag-walsh-idUSL8N154169
OPINION: Cork just not on this government’s radar
Ryanair business fares available on Amadeus
Read more: http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/ryanair-business-fares-available-on-amadeus/
Ryanair to convene Wroclaw conference next Tuesday [Polish]
Top 20 Most Popular Travel Destinations from Ireland
Read more: http://www.thewanderlustproject.ie/top-20-most-popular-travel-destinations-from-ireland/
Travel Extra’s Sunday Supplement 31 January 2016
Read more: https://travelextra.wordpress.com/2015/12/27/travel-extras-sunday-supplement-january-31-2016/
Wanted: An ‘inspirational leader’ for Shannon role
Read more: http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/202020/Wanted–An–inspirational-leader.html
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Experience Thomson’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner Premium Club from Dublin to Cancun and Montego Bay: http://bit.ly/1PrUq5W
Irish Aircraft Leasing News 25-01-2016: http://bit.ly/1PO7kWf
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 25-01-2016: http://bit.ly/1TkoL6g
Ryanair takes delivery of a record six Boeing 737-800s this week: http://bit.ly/1KhD1uq
Tweets of the day:
@e_russell “There is, for better or worse, an inverse relationship between fuel prices and revenue,” says @AmericanAir pres Kirby.
@e_russell The majority of @AmericanAir’s capacity growth in 2016 is intl, primarily new #SYD and #AKL service, says CFO Kerr.
@e_russell The number of pax requesting res changes on @AmericanAir due to Zika has “not been a meaningful number”, says pres Kirby.
@e_russell “We just wanted to push out the delivery stream a little bit,” says @AmericanAir CFO Kerr on A350 deferral.
@WandrMe Driving to “investment grade” rating means passing on 4% loans for aircraft. @AmericanAir’s Parker says that’s bad business. #AvGeek.
Today’s Video Picks:
Boeing 737MAX First Flight HD
Heathrow at dusk (with notes)
Heathrow. A quiet New Year’s Day 2016
Regards,
Trev