Daily Aviation Brief – 11/05/2016
Aircraft Update:
EI-RUF Boeing 737-85P c/n 28536 Jet2 Delivered Norwich-Bournemouth 09/05/16 for paint to become G-JZHH.
Global Aviation News:
Challenges to airline liberalisation. Mindset changes needed: CAPA Americas Summit
CHC Group Receives Court Approval of “First Day” Motions to Support Business Operations
EasyJet flies into red but vows to split profits with shareholders
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/may/10/easyjet-24m-pound-loss-dividend-terrorist-attacks
Etihad Airways’ Hogan to Lead Wider Group in Management Shake-Up
Emirates Sales Decline Reveals Challenges to Mega-Carrier Model
Emirates would buy more A380s even if new version shelved
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/emirates-airbus-neo-idUSL5N18737Y
European cabin crew join E4FC in calls for level playing pitch with Gulf airlines
Latin America urged to streamline aviation industry regulation
Lufthansa enters into partnership in Silicon Valley
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/28929
Qatar Airways postpones longest route over ‘A350 delay’
Read more: http://in.reuters.com/article/qatarairways-routes-airbus-group-idINKCN0Y123I
Thai Airways regional connectivity Pt 2: Thai Smile international expansion is a strategic necessity
There has never been a better time to buy International Consolidated Airlns Grp SA, easyJet plc and Ryanair plc
WestJet after 20 years. The new LCC challenges: preserving the culture but rising to the business
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus links to LA
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/05/10/aer-lingus-links-la/
Bernie Sanders’s air route claim rejected by Fine Gael MEP
Cork Airport calls for public support in final push for US flights
Easyjet Dividend Pledge Won’t Help to Fend Off Ryanair: Gadfly
Read more: http://www.hospitalityireland.com/easyjet-dividend-pledge-wont-help-to-fend-off-ryanair-gadfly/27474
Embrace Your Inner #avgeek – How to be an aviation geek
Read more: http://blog.arconics.com/blog2/avgeek-how-to-be-an-aviation-geek
Green light for €20m fuel pipeline under city to airport
Green Party Concerns Over Proposed Runway
Read more: http://www.northcountyleader.ie/2016/05/10/green-party-concerns-over-proposed-runway/
Irish MEP left behind in Dublin Airport by Lufthansa
Read more: http://www.thejournal.ie/lufthansa-sean-kelly-irish-mep-dublin-airport-2761299-May2016/
Ryanair names new public affairs head as Samoilovich leaves after two months
Sanders slams planned Cork-Boston airline flights as anti-union
Shannon firm breathes new life into aircraft
Read more: http://www.limerickpost.ie/2016/05/09/sentinel-aviation-services-collaborate-shannon-companies/
Woodgate welcomes Cranfield’s flying Laboratory
Read more: http://www.woodair.com/air-charter/blog/
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Dublin Airport shortlisted for ACI ‘Best Airport Award’: http://bit.ly/1q5CjHp
Sentinel Aviation Services delivers former Transaero 737 to Bravo Airways: http://bit.ly/1T3RHBJ
Tweets of the day:
@CorkAirport Transatlantic flights into @CorkAirport will be a game changer for Tourism, Jobs and Investment.
@ghimlay Almost half of audience members at #PHX2016 think DOT will sit on @Fly_Norwegian show cause order until Foxx leaves.
@ghimlay IAG’s Willie Walsh calls debate around Middle East carrier subsidies “disappointing”. (Note: @qatarairways owns a stake in IAG) #PHX2016.
@grahamck63 Our Barbados flight for 2018 selling like hotcakes shows how popular cruising is in Northern Ireland.
@hharteveldt All Nippon Airways focusing expansion on N. America & Asia, adding mid-size gateway cities in part due to 787 Dreamliner #PHX2016 #airline.
@hharteveldt #PHX2016 split whether US DOT will approve @Fly_Norwegian’s air svc application. Nearly equal #s blv DOT will approve or postpone approval.
Today’s Video Picks:
AirCrewser
Airlines Association of Southern Africa CE Chris Zweigenthal – #INDABA2016
First visit: Singapore Airlines – Airbus A350-900 – Inaugural landing at AMS Schiphol
Irish Historic Flight – March 2016
Is Emirates Airlines’ Pace of Growth Sustainable?