Aircraft Update:
EI-SOP ATR72-212A(500/F) c/n 583 ASL Airlines (Ireland) Delivered East Midlands-Shannon 25/03/16 ex 4X-AVW.
EI-UNJ Boeing 737-86J c/n 36883 TUI Airlines Belgium for delivery April 2016 ex Woensdrecht to become OO-TUV.
EI-UNK Boeing 737-86J c/n 36119 TUI Airlines Belgium Air Test at Woensdrecht 24/03/16 to become OO-TUK.
EI-UNN Boeing 777-312 c/n 28517 Stecker Ltd Ferried Teruel Airport-Xiamen 26/03/16 in Transaero Airlines colours by Azur Aviation.
5N-FNE Airbus A319-113 c/n 660 FirstNation Airways Re-Delivered Budapest-Lagos 25/03/16 after interim storage since 29/07/15 ex EI-DVU.
Global Aviation News:
Australia Confirms Mozambique Debris Came from MH370
FAA projects 7 million UAVs sold in US by 2020
Read more: http://atwonline.com/technology/faa-projects-7-million-uavs-sold-us-2020
FAA ups 20-year US airline traffic forecast following strong 2015
Read more: http://atwonline.com/associations/faa-ups-20-year-us-airline-traffic-forecast-following-strong-2015
India is core of aerospace growth: Arijit Ghosh, Honeywell Aerospace
JetBlue Protests ‘Immunized’ Joint Ventures of Legacy Airlines
ICAO’s New Bizav Fatigue Guidelines Shaped by NBAA, FSF
Life at 20,000ft and why you should choose a window seat
Read more: http://atwonline.com/blog/life-20000ft-and-why-you-should-choose-window-seat
Thai Lion Air spreads wings at home, in region
Read more :http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/transport/914093/thai-lion-air-spreads-wings-at-home-in-region
US airlines deploy widebody aircraft on long haul services, reclaiming their global roles
Virgin America Gets Takeover Bids From JetBlue and Alaska Air
Why European Airline M&A Needs a Crisis
Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/why-europeanairlinem-a-needs-a-crisis-1459179543
Irish Aviation News:
Acumen Aviation appoints Eamonn Cronin as Global Head of Trading & Remarketing
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/28263
Aer Lingus arrives in Murcia
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/03/29/aer-lingus-begins-murcia-service/
AWAS delivers additional A320-200 passenger aircraft to IndiGo
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/28278
Dublin airport agrees €250m second runway
Read more: http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/ireland/article1682186.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2016_03_26
GE Capital Aviation Services Delivers First of Six New Leased Boeing 737-800s to Air India Express
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/28239
Irish flights to Brussels still impacted after attacks
Read more: http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0329/778123-brussels-airport-flights/
Ryanair officially launches new Belfast International base and Gatwick flights
Read more: http://www.belfastlive.co.uk/business/ryanair-officially-launches-new-belfast-11101649
Ryanair to increase number of Israel flights
Read more: http://www.globes.co.il/en/article-ryanair-to-increase-number-of-israel-flights-1001113034
RyanAir to Take ‘Summer Break’ From Israel
Read more: http://hamodia.com/2016/03/28/ryanair-take-summer-break-israel/
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Dublin Airport partners with Skyscanner for Unique Partnership: http://bit.ly/21RmYq1
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 28-03-16: http://bit.ly/1PByizE
Stobart Air wet-leases Danish Air Transport ATR72: http://bit.ly/1Rwwryn
Tweets of the day:
@ghimlay US-Gulf spat on subsidies/open skies dominated at #Aviation15 last year. Hardly a blip this year at #Aviation16.
@PEdmondAero .@cellpointmobile CEO Gjerding envisages future where traveller seeks bids from airlines for his/her custom, flight by flight. #CAPASummit.
@winglets747 HK Express adds 3 Japanese cities (Ishigaki, Kagoshima & Takamatsu). HK tourism to Japan up 65% in 2015, further 18% in Jan-2016.
@winglets747 United Airlines today connects more passengers to ANA intra-Asia than it connected to its own intra-Asia flights.
@winglets747 United plans to deploy 777-300ERs from Newark into Asia plus “deep” trans-Atlantic routes.
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