Daily Aviation Brief – 21/03/2016
Aircraft Update:
EI-CJX Boeing 757-2YOER/W c/n 26160 ASL Airlines Ireland rolled out Shannon 16/03/16 after paint into full Aer Lingus colours prior wet-lease ops.
EI-FHZ Boeing 737-8JP/W c/n 39005 Norwegian Air International Registered 17/03/16 ex LN-DYM.
EI-FPA Candair CRJ900 c/n 15398 Cityjet Delivered Montréal-Mirabel-Keflavik-Helsinki Airport 18/03/16 in SAS Airlines colours.
N881TM Boeing 737-86N c/n 28643 GECAS Ferried Soekarno–Hatta International Airport-Guam International Airport–Tucson 12-17/03/16 ex B-5050.
OM-GTE Boeing 737-8AS/W c/n 29925 Go2Sky Delivered Lasham-Bratislava 18/03/16 ex M-ABGX.
Global Aviation News:
Air New Zealand-United Airlines joint venture: 62% of NZ’s long haul capacity operated under JVs
Baltic region will soon welcome airBaltic’s new Bombardier CS300 aircraft
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/03/16/airbaltic-leads-ryanair-and-wizz-air-in-baltic-region/
Nordica is new name for Estonia’s newest carrier
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/03/16/airbaltic-leads-ryanair-and-wizz-air-in-baltic-region/
Boeing Announces European Leadership Structure to Streamline & Drive Growth
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/28115
Etihad Airways statement on IPO fraud
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/28129
Lufthansa may sell A340-300s to Iran Air
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/lufthansa-may-sell-a340-300s-iran-air
Norwegian Air Shuttle boss sees U.S. dispute going to arbitration
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-norwegian-air-usa-idUSKCN0WJ2I4
Norwegian eyes more Boeing 787-9s
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/norwegian-eyes-more-boeing-787-9s
Norwegian: legacy carriers have ‘fear of competition’
Norwegian pledges 50 long-haul Boeing 787 Dreamliners for Gatwick if second runway is built
Portland International Airport – supporting air services in a hotbed of environmental awareness
San Diego International Airport: a leading transnational airport differentiates to compete
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus Outlines Leased BA CityFlyer E190 Operations in S16
Aer Lingus Regional adds to Ireland – UK market
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/03/18/aer-lingus-regional-adds-ireland-uk-market/
Aer Lingus Regional connects Cork to Southampton
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/03/15/aer-lingus-regional-arrives-in-southampton/
Chinese make $2.2bn bid for Dublin aircraft lessor AWAS
EI-FJL Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/03/ei-fjl-b737-8jp-norwegian-first-flight.html
EI-FOZ Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/03/ei-foz-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
EI-FRB Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/03/ei-frb-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
Emotional Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary pays glowing tribute to wife Anita following Cheltenham Gold Cup victory
International Airlines Group chief Willie Walsh nets €8.8m in pay
Ryanair builds in the Baltics with new Vilnius base
Ryanair puts on extra flights from Cardiff to Tenerife
Read more: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/business/business-news/ryanair-puts-extra-flights-cardiff-11056857
Skift CMO Interviews: Ryanair CMO on Becoming Friendly and Mastering Mobile
Shannon to Edinburgh route takes off
Read more: http://clareherald.com/2016/03/shannon-to-edinburgh-route-takes-off-56/
Travel Extra’s Sunday Supplement 20 March
Read more: https://travelextra.wordpress.com/2016/03/01/travel-extras-sunday-supplement-march-20-2016/
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
To be updated
Tweets of the day:
@airlinewriter Wolfe analyst predicts @SpiritAirlines & @FlyFrontier will eventually merge with Frontier CEO leading new company. Your thoughts?.
@ghimlay .@TAMairlines will reconfigure first three A350s with economy plus seats by early-2017.
@ghimlay .@tamairlines’ 4th A350 (delivery around June) will have new LATAM livery, but it might not be the first aircraft to have the new colours.
@yfreemark Interesting element of LA’s proposed expenditure plan: Sepulveda Pass would get a busway in first 15 years, rail in second 15 years.
Today’s Video Picks:
AER LINGUS A330 to San Francisco
BHX 01-03-16
Emirates at ITB Berlin 2016
Etihad Airways engineering – behind the scenes of Aircraft maintenance
Qatar Airways at ITB Berlin 2016
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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