Daily Aviation Brief – 03/05/2016
Aircraft Update:
EI-EFB Boeing 737-8AS c/n 37532 Ryanair Ferried Glasgow Prestwick-Bournemouth 27/04/16 for painting.
EI-FNA ATR72-212A(600) c/n 1325 Stobart Air Delivered Toulouse-Dublin 29/04/16 ex F-WWEH.
EI-FNU Boeing 737-86N c/n 28608 Meridiana Delivered Dublin-Milan Malpensa 29/04/16 ex HL8214.
OO-TUV Boeing 737-86J c/n 36883 TUIfly Belgium Delivered Woensdrecht-Brussels Airport 29/04/16 ex EI-UNJ.
Global Aviation News:
Airberlin deepens losses in 2015
Read more: http://atwonline.com/data-financials/airberlin-deepens-losses-2015
Arab Gulf countries emerge as the world’s aerostates
Read more: http://yalibnan.com/2016/05/01/arab-gulf-countries-emerge-as-the-worlds-aerostates/
Alitalia’s network benefits from Etihad partnership. Time now to shed the dependency culture
CAPA Americas Summit: Canada holds much promise, but the status quo persists
Cramer: The undisputed champion of the airlines
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/25/cramer-the-undisputed-champion-of-the-airlines.html
Delta continues narrowbody overhaul with order for 37 more A321s
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/delta-continues-narrowbody-overhaul-order-37-more-a321s
Delta touts CSeries, eyes CS300 model
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/delta-touts-cseries-eyes-cs300-model
IAG keeps FY2016 guidance in spite of weak unit revenue as 1Q2016 results benefit from low fuel
IAG posts significant 1Q improvement
Read more: http://atwonline.com/data-financials/iag-posts-significant-1q-improvement
Margin to meet A350 delivery target eroding: Airbus
SilkAir Part 1: Luang Prabang, Vientiane launch positions SIA to benefit from growth in Laos tourism
SilkAir Part 2: Laos launch extends SIA Group ASEAN network to 42 destinations and all 10 countries
The US Big 3 airlines ramp up efforts to improve PRASM. Anxious investors hold back for real results
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus launch new direct flights from Dublin to Los Angeles
Aer Lingus on track for profit boost in 2016 says IAG boss Walsh
Cork Airport: US shuttle is ready for take-off, but what will it cost?
daa chief executive, Kevin Toland – Preparing for take-off
Read more: http://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/preparing-for-takeoff-34657427.html
DAA urged to build second runway ahead of schedule
EI-FJN Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/04/ei-fjn-b737-8jp-norwegian-first-flight.html
EI-FRN Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/05/ei-frn-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
IAG would consider buying CSeries says CEO Willie Walsh
Read more: http://ca.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idCAKCN0XQ10N
More than 187,000 passengers had issues with Ryanair during the first quarter
Read more: http://ow.ly/8JUNHZ
Q&A: Brandon O’Reilly, CEO, TAG Farnborough airport
Travel Extra Sunday Supplement 1st May
Read more: https://travelextra.wordpress.com/2016/04/28/travel-extras-sunday-supplement-may-1-2016/
US DOT issues a show cause order concerning Irish carrier Norwegian Air International (NAI)
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 2 May 2016: http://bit.ly/23jpSoq
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 02-05-2016: http://bit.ly/1VH87QE
Tweets of the day:
@airlinetrends LH to use Brussels Airlines as long haul low(er) cost platform and IAG w/ Aer Lingus. AFKL to follow w/ Air Europa?.
@airkarp First 35 of 75 CSeries aircraft ordered by Delta are locked in as CS100s, but Delta can start converting to CS300s from the 36th aircraft.
@Bombardier “This exceptional aircraft in front of you will lift the entire Canadian aerospace industry.”
@jonostrower From the start of final assembly of 787 airplane #1 to delivery of #400, Boeing took ~3,300 days. ~3,400 days for 777.
@lucytobin Time for Willie Walsh to revisit his shopping list of 12 airlines? Latest IAG results show it has €6bn cash on board.
@R_Wall IAG boss says Aer Lingus is the group’s low-cost, long-haul operator.
Today’s Video Picks:
CityJet’s CRJ900 Aircraft
Ghana benefiting from a joint aviation venture with China
Moving the Boeing 767 from Shannon to Quirky Nights Glamping
Profit-Booking In Interglobe Aviation
Vincent Harrison MD of Dublin Airport speaking at an event to publicize the new route from Dublin to Vancouver with Air Canada Rouge
Best Regards,
Trevor
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