Daily Aviation Brief – 11/02/2016
Aircraft Update:
D-AIZE Airbus A3220-214 c/n 4261 Lufthansa To Lufthansa Technik hangar 08/02/16.
EI-FJH Boeing 737-8JP/W c/n 42071 Norwegian Air International due for delivery.
EI-FJJ Boeing 737-8JP/W c/n 41148 Norwegian Air International due for delivery.
LN-RPY Boeing 737-683 c/n 28292 SAS Airlines To Lufthansa Technik hangar 09/02/16.
Global Aviation News:
Airbus A321neo Flies for the First Time
Read more: http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2016-02-09/airbus-a321neo-flies-first-time
Air fares expected to fall
Read more: http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2020693
The Boeing 747 jumbo jet changed air travel with this momentous event 47 years ago today
Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/boeing-747-first-flight-47years-ago-2016-2
ICAO announces global agreement on CO2 standard for new aircraft
Jamaica sees record arrivals from UK and Ireland
Read more: http://www.travelmole.com/news_feature.php?news_id=2020694
Jazeera Airways partnership for Europe routes may launch in summer 2018
NBAA Chief: Don’t Hand U.S. ATC Monopoly To Airlines
NetJets Values Avionics Durability, Big Data in New Aircraft
Q&A: Dubai aviation president talks Open Skies Agreement, the future of Emirates and low-cost flights
Qatar Airways & Italy’s Meridiana Part 1: Similar to Etihad-Alitalia, but different – and smaller
WestJet pushes ahead with its widebody evolution as its stock valuation has fallen by half
Winds of climate change will make transatlantic flights longer, study shows
2016: The Year of Collaboration?
Read more: http://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/253247/2016-the-year-of-collaboration/
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus Vacation Store offers a great deal on six night fly / drive to Ireland this spring
Boxever Appoints David Kern to Drive Global Expansion
Read more: http://news.sys-con.com/node/3670979
Budapest Airport hits 20 with Ryanair
Read more: http://www.eturbonews.com/68400/budapest-airport-hits-20-ryanair
EI-FON Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/02/ei-fon-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
How Ireland is beating even its own tourism predictions
IAG CEO Willie Walsh reveals ‘We could still rescue Bombardier CSeries’
Low-Cost Ryanair Shows It Pays To Be Cheap
Read more: http://www.investors.com/research/the-new-america/low-cost-ryanair-shows-it-pays-to-be-cheap/
Ryanair celebrates 5th anniversary in Tallinn Airport
Ryanair overtakes CRH to become Ireland’s biggest listed company
Ryanair to open new base in Hamburg, Germany
Read more: http://www.rte.ie/news/business/2016/0210/766910-ryanair-hamburg/
Skyscanner-anna.aero “Unserved Route of the Week” is Dublin-Miami with 60,000++ searches in 2015 – one for Aer Lingus?
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/02/10/unserved-route-of-the-week-dublin-miami/
Top airline boss says NI at disadvantage [Podcast]
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03j3kkv
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Aer Lingus Cadets Charity Plane push challenge for Breast Cancer Research: http://bit.ly/1Kxhleb
College Ireland sees increased demand for Popular Short Course in Aircraft leasing & Project Management: http://bit.ly/1mkJlpJ
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 08-02-2016: http://bit.ly/1PfNLsj
Weekly Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 8 February 2016: http://bit.ly/1TN12vL
Tweets of the day:
@airkarp CFO T. Christie: Spirit Airlines has ‘been advised to anticipate several months delays’ for 1 or more A320neos scheduled for 2016 delivery.
@tomolearycllr Every 2 seconds an aircraft takes off in the world financed by irish leasing companies-26000 work in aviation ireland vs 24000 in software.
@Rotorfocus The Moroccan Government is getting a new VIP 747-400 donated from the UAE. A6-UAE becomes CN-MBH #Morocco.
@WandrMe “You’ll see less predictability in the way we choose routes going forward,” says @SpiritAirlines CEO Fornaro. #AvGeek #PaxEx.
@winglets747 US approves United’s request to delay start-up of second SFO-Shanghai Pudong until Oct 2016.
Today’s Video Picks:
Air France 747 Forever – Two jewels of French aviation fly side by side over France
Innovation in Aviation and Future Trends
Ireland West Airport Knock – Gateway for the West of Ireland
Mumbai University To Purchase Aircraft For New Courses In Aviation
SimpliFlying Clients Speak – How we make airlines remarkable