Aircraft Update:
EI-EFM Boeing 737-8AS c/n 37535 T´Way Air Ferried East Midlands-Dublin 15/06/16 after paint prior delivery to become HL.
EI-UNN Boeing 777-312 c/n 28517 Rossiya Airlines Onward Delivery Amsterdam-Moscow Vnukovo 14/06/16 after painting.
Global Aviation News:
Air Mauritius Readies for Expansion With New Planes and Hubs
Airport turbulence: PIT needs another direct flight to a European hub
American Airlines pulls many levers to improve PRASM, but cautions there is no overnight solution
Boeing Nears Historic Deal With Iran for About 100 Jetliners
Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Sees Norwegian Air Hurting U.S. Fares
Chinese aviation: reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated, as outbound tourism burgeons
Flybe alters E-Jet and Q400 deals
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/flybe-alters-e-jet-and-q400-deals
Flybe is the leading provider of UK domestic flights; growing in France, Germany and Netherlands as network develops to almost 200 routes
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/06/15/flybe-is-the-leading-provider-of-domestic-flights-in-the-uk/
Jin Air expanding and receiving greater recognition from parent Korean Air. Maybe Australia next
Latin American Airlines Scrutinize Purchasing To Weather Downturn
Read more: http://aviationweek.com/mro/latin-american-airlines-scrutinize-purchasing-weather-downturn
Relief across the South West as government decides not to devolve air passenger duty
South African Airways Admits To Subsidizing Low Cost Carrier Mango
Irish Aviation News:
Address by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross T.D. at the IATA AGM – Dublin, 2 June 2016
Avolon delivers one Airbus A321-200 aircraft to Air Berlin
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/29479
CityJet Captain shares her advice with pilots of the future
Read more: http://www.pilotcareernews.com/cityjet-captain-shares-her-advice-with-pilots-of-the-future/
Ciyjet to fly from Cork to Nantes and La Rochelle
Lilian Bland: Ireland’s first female pilot, the world’s first female aviation engineer
Read more: http://www.engineersjournal.ie/2016/05/31/lilian-bland-first-female-aviation-engineer/
Ryanair axes winter Paris-Shannon service
Shane Ross to raise residents’ concerns over runway noise
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 15 June 2016: http://bit.ly/1UzHqYK
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 15-06-16: http://bit.ly/28Fj8qm
Tweets of the day:
@e_russell .@FlyFrontier inks sale-and-leasebacks for at least 19 aircraft deliveries through 2017, says CEO.
@e_russell “There are still some holes in our network. We have a hole in the middle of the country,” says @JetBlue director Checketts. #JumpStart16.
@e_russell .@SouthwestAir will remove its last 737 Classic (-300) by around Labor Day 2017, 737-500s exit this summer, says Harvey. #JumpStart16.
@e_russell .@SouthwestAir expects first 737 Max in July 2017, about 2 months earlier than previous expectations.
@ghimlay China’s @HainanAirlines plans to begin PEK-LIS service, will connect to @azulinhasaereas network, says Azul CEO David Neeleman.
Today’s Video Picks:
Amadeus Digital Leaders Forum 2016 Highlights
GE90 – Lube & Scavenge Pump R&I – GE Aviation Maintenance Minute
Ryanair 2 nuove rotte da Milano Bergamo, G. Belladone Sales & Marketing Ryanair
Vietnam Airlines – Change to Reach Further
World Air Transport Statistics (WATS)
0/20 aviation rule may effectively become 3/20: KPMG India
