Daily Aviation Brief – 08/03/2016
Aircraft Update:
EI-EPR Airbus A319-111 c/n 3102 Aer Lingus last service London Gatwick-Dublin 06/03/16 and Ferried to Ostrava for painting into Vueling Airlines colours.
EI-FMW Airbus A320-214 c/n 5158 IndiGo Airlines painted at Shannon 06/03/16 prior delivery to become VT-IDQ.
F-GYAZ Airbus A321-111 c/n 519 AerCap Ferried Shannon-Ljubljana 07/03/16 in Air Méditerranée colours.
Global Aviation News:
‘Airline consolidation bound to happen’
Read More : http://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/03/130776/airline-consolidation-bound-happen
Airlines Really Don’t Want to Upgrade People for Free
American Airlines Pilots Blast Return of ‘Toxic Culture’
Analysts Continue Panicking About the Boeing 777
Read more: http://www.aviationgossip.com/analysts-continue-panicking-about-the-boeing-777/
Angry Kingfisher Airlines employees say Vijay Mallya has blood on his hand
Boeing 777 Flies Seven of the World’s 10 Longest Airline Routes
Bombardier C Series aircraft route-proving takes off in Europe
E-commerce leads to rise in European narrowbody connections
Read more: http://aircargoworld.com/e-commerce-leads-to-rise-in-european-narrowbody-connections/
Egypt Approves ‘Gradual’ Repatriation of International Airlines’ Revenues to Avoid Suspension
FastJet to Cut Routes as Cash Shrinks, Sending Stock Falling
Frontier Airlines planning IPO, says report
Read more: http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/news/2016/03/04/frontier-airlines-planning-ipo-bloomberg.html
Indigo’s Frontier Said to Hire Barclays, Deutsche Bank for IPO
Little Advice on ASEAN
Read more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/little-advice-asean-tony-fernandes?trk=hp-feed-article-title-publish
Lufthansa Doubles Down on Eurowings
Two years on, questions still cloud future of Malaysia Airlines
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-malaysia-airlines-turnaround-idUSKCN0W90Z6
U.S. Legacy Airlines Still Dominate International Traffic in and Out of the Country
‘World’s largest aircraft’ prepares for first flight
Irish Aviation News:
Cork MEP Deirdre Clune appointed as a negotiator for the European Aviation
EI-FOT B737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/03/ei-fot-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
EI-FOV B737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/03/ei-fov-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
Ethiopian appoints a Sales Manager
Read more: http://www.ittn.ie/news/ethiopian-appoints-a-sales-manager/
GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers Three New Airbus A320s to New Customer Qingdao Airlines
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/27899
Irish airlines ‘face 300 compensation claims’
Read more: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/irish-airlines-face-300-compensation-claims-34516573.html
Spring Deals to Canada with Air Transat from €410 Return
Read more: http://www.ittn.ie/news/spring-deals-to-canada-with-air-transat-from-e410-return/
5 drones you don’t need to register to use in Ireland
Read more: https://www.siliconrepublic.com/gear/2016/03/07/drones-ireland-no-registration
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 7 March 2016: http://bit.ly/1p0kZDl
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 07-03-16: http://bit.ly/24K3TdC
Tweets of the day:
@TheHUBRoutes John Schubert, MD Marketing Asia Pacific & India, Boeing says not seen any impact of concerned issue of overcapacity in Asia at #RoutesAsia.
@TheHUBRoutes “With right approach tourism industry can learn a lot about consumer preferences with #BigData” – @sinotechian @digitaljunglecn #RoutesAsia.
@TheHUBRoutes “We’re now entering… Age of Traveller Power” – Albert Villadolid, MD Southeast Asia, Distribution Commercial, @AmadeusITGroup. #RoutesAsia.
@TheHUBRoutes “The golden age of travel has become age of mass travel due to widespread use of technology” – Albert Villadolid @AmadeusITGroup #RoutesAsia.
@TheHUBRoutes “We flew 737MAX early and think we will also deliver it early,” said John Schubert, MD Marketing Asia Pacific & India, Boeing at #RoutesAsia.
Today’s Video Picks:
ABRIS Design Group
Air Refueling Cope North 16
Clock Ticking for Malaysia Airlines’ Succession Plan: Analyst
Lowest Ever Dutch C-130H Landing at Cambridge Airport
Malaysia Airlines Making More Money For Every Seat Bought