Daily Aviation Brief – 27/06/2016
Aircraft Update:
EI-UNU Boeing 777-212 c/n 28998 VEBL-767-300 Ltd Ferried Teruel Airport -Singapore 24/06/16 in Transaero Airlines colours by Azur Aviation.
Global Aviation News:
Airline stocks drop on fears Brexit could depress trans-Atlantic travel
Read more: http://www.star-telegram.com/news/business/aviation/sky-talk-blog/article85791652.html
AirAsia readies wide-bodied aircraft to serve “pemudik”
Read more: http://www.antaranews.com/en/news/105377/airasia-readies-wide-bodied-aircraft-to-serve-pemudik
EasyJet urges prioritisation of UK access to EU market
Eurowings opens new Austrian subsidiary
Read more: http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/eurowings-opens-new-austrian-subsidiary/
FedEx CEO Smith on TNT merger: ‘two plus two equals seven’
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airlines/fedex-ceo-smith-tnt-merger-two-plus-two-equals-seven
Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes: Sale Looks Imminent As Brazil Lifts Restriction On Foreign Ownership
Read more: http://seekingalpha.com/article/3984391-gol-linhas-aereas-
inteligentes-sale-looks-imminent-brazil-lifts-restriction-foreign-ownership
IAG Cargo’s Heathrow-Kuala Lumpur route strong after first year
Read more: http://aircargoworld.com/iag-cargos-heathrow-kuala-lumpur-route-strong-after-first-year/
IAG says no long term material impact from Brexit
Pressure on aircraft leasing rates, Novus Aviation Capital warns
Record number of Dreamliners improves Heathrow airlines’ noise record
SpiceJet to dry lease 11 Boeing NG aircraft in next three months
Stansted Airport and airlines push to remain in single market
Irish Aviation News:
Brexit could boost transit traffic at Dublin Airport
Fingal Council may have say on new runway
IAG CEO threatens to pull flights from Gatwick if expansion is approved
Increasing optimism surrounding Cork/Boston route following visit of the US Vice President of the US to Ireland
Read more: http://westcorktimes.com/home/archives/36054
Is sale of Stobart Air about to enter endgame?
Read more: http://www.travelextra.ie/battle-stobart-air-enters-endgame-phase/
Kuwait Airways to fly New York ‘via Ireland’ – Part of extraordinary security precautions
Read more: http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/kuwait-airways-fly-new-york-via-ireland/
Look at cheaper Heathrow option urges Walsh
Read more: https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/news/look-at-cheaper-heathrow-option-urges-walsh-5506
Ryanair and Aer Lingus could be hit by fall in passengers
Ryanair shocked and IAG concerned over Brexit
Read more: http://www.newstalk.com/-Ryanair-shocked-and-IAG-concerned-over-Brexit
Strong Tourism Revenue Figures Welcomed – Ministers Ross & O’ Donovan
Waypoint Leasing Places Two New Sikorsky S-92 Helicopters
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Dublin Aerospace Awarded Airbus Belgua APU contract : http://bit.ly/28YD55W
Dublin Aerospace wins 5 year multi-million dollar landing gear contract with AirAsia : http://bit.ly/28Wb6oo
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 15 June 2016: http://bit.ly/1UzHqYK
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 20 June 2016 : http://bit.ly/28MsHfa
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 15-06-16: http://bit.ly/28Fj8qm
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 20-06-16 : http://bit.ly/28K2jU0
Tweets of the day:
@BoeingAirplanes With a VIP order this week, the fastest-selling airplane in #Boeing history now has 3,214 total orders. #737MAX.
@fifiharoon Easyjet and Ryanair say that flights will become more expensive post #Brexit because of restrictive aviation costs.
@ghimlay 737 Classics a “drag” on @SouthwestAir’s on-time performance, says COO.
@ghimlay .@SouthwestAir first 737 Max 7 will arrive in 2019, two years after it gets Max 8.
@JohnLStrickland #Brexit Immediate consequences for #Airlines in EU…higher fuel & lease costs, fall in UK outbound demand to EU.
Today’s Video Picks:
Civil Aviation Warns on Uganda Airline Revival Management
C295W demo flight in Canada
Embraer Leasing Company Conference – ELCC 2016
IAA Main Sponsor of Bray Air Display 2016