Daily Aviation Brief – 05/02/2016
Aircraft Update:
A7-AHH Airbus A320-232 c/n 4700 Qatar Airways To Eirtech Aviation Shannon 03/02/16.
EI-DYT Boeing 737-8AS/W c/n 33634 Jeju Air to become HL8062.
M-ABIX Airbus A320-232 c/n 2108 CIT Leasing Rolled out of Eirtech Aviation Shannon 03/20/16 in full IndiGo colours.
N286VA Airbus A320-214 c/n 6939 Virgin America Delivered Toulouse-Shannon-Bangor 03/02/16.
Global Aviation News:
American Airlines Brings Back Free Snacks in Coach
Boeing Mulls Model for Midsize Jetliner Market Next Decade
Carlyle Wins U.S. Approval of $2.07 Billion Aviation Deal
Delta announces CEO Anderson will retire in May
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/02/03/delta-announces-ceo-anderson-will-retire-in-may.html
Egypt’s Air Leisure signs MOU for 4+6 SuperJets
Read more: http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/43762-egypts-air-leisure-signs-mou-for-46-superjets
Expansion of Bradley International Airport Will Positively Affect UConn
FX Is The New Aerospace Wildcard
Read more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fx-new-aerospace-wildcard-kevin-michaels
IAG pax up 19%, load factor up 1.7 ppts in Jan-2016. Group premium traffic up 2%
Read more: http://centreforaviation.com/news/iag-releases-jan-2016-traffic-highlights-522319
IATA: Cargo sector has to adjust to a new normal of growth in line with economic expansion
Is the Airbus A380 coming of age?
Read more: http://www.aspireaviation.com/2016/02/04/airbus-a380-coming-of-age/
Qatar Airways, Meridiana sign partnership agreement
Read more: http://atwonline.com/finance-data/qatar-airways-meridiana-sign-partnership-agreement
Saudi airport privatisation ramps up as oil prices continue to fall
Saudia receives four Boeing Dreamliners; fleet stretches to 126
SIA’s first Airbus A350 enters final phase of production
Read more: http://australianaviation.com.au/2016/02/sias-first-airbus-a350-enters-final-phase-of-production/
Singapore Airlines Beats Estimates, Sees Challenges Ahead
Why Bombardier Is Struggling to Build Bigger Planes
Why the sun is setting on the Boeing 747
Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/02/01/aviation/sun-setting-boeing-747-conversation/
Irish Aviation News:
Avios creates new Irish role as Aer Lingus re-launches loyalty scheme
Read more: http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2020615&c=setreg®ion=2
Belfast International Airport adds 115 more jobs as business activity soars
Belfast International Airport: 115 jobs created by six companies
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-35487258
French Airline Takes First Steps Towards New Transatlantic Service at Shannon
Read more: http://www.clare.fm/news/french-airline-takes-first-steps-towards-new-transatlantic-service-shannon
Marcon Fit-Out begins work on airport lounge revamp
Norwegian US routes issue to top US-EU meeting in April
Read more: http://atwonline.com/open-skies/norwegian-us-routes-issue-top-us-eu-meeting-april
Ryanair could close Oslo Rygge base this winter
Read more: http://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/43639-ryanair-could-close-oslo-rygge-base-this-winter
Ryanair’s Italian base closures analysed; we reveal which routes to Alghero and Pescara will survive into W16/17
Ryanair leads the way between the UK and Ireland
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/02/03/ryanair-leads-the-way-between-the-uk-and-ireland/
Ryanair passenger numbers fly 25% higher in January
Read more: http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2016/0204/765287-ryanair-passenger-numbers/
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 Commercial Aircraft Update 01-02-2016: http://bit.ly/1nJcj4r
Ryanair takes delivery of a record six Boeing 737-800s this week: http://bit.ly/1KhD1uq
Weekly Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 1 February 2016: http://bit.ly/1P1fT2g
Tweets of the day:
@ghimlay In light of CEO changes, gotta give it to @AmericanAir’s Doug Parker – only US airline CEO around since before 9/11, and still going strong.
@KianiKress Another #Airbus Hurray, #ANA Takes 3 of #skymark 5 defered #A380, now silver tongued sales genius Leahy only has #transaero #virgin to Place.
@KianiKress Later Start of @eurowings long haul flights: does @lufthansa only realise now that you need back up Jets + pilots for reliable operations?.
@newbelfast Heading 2 Dublin shortly 4 flight 2 Boston, looking 4ward 2 day when I can say, heading 2 @BelfastAirport 4 direct flight 2 our sister city.
@ReutersAero Iran’s Airbus deal subject to US export licences due to number of US parts.
@winglets747 Delta’s new Pres has taken a different view on Gulf carriers: “We don’t participate in the flows that they have the primary gateway for”.
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