Daily Aviation Brief – 19/07/2016
Aircraft Update:
D-ABUP Boeing 767-3Q8 c/n 30048 Condor Airlines Delivered Beijing-Frankfurt 16/07/16 ex EI-RUY.
UR-PSM Boeing 737-8AS c/n 37534 Ukraine International Delivered Dublin-Kiev 18/07/16 prior wet-lease to Fly One ex EI-EFL.
VP-BDR Boeing 777-212 c/n 28532 Vim Avia Delivered Victorville-Las Vegas-Ulyanovsk Vostochny 13/07/16 for paint ex EI-FNN.
Global Aviation News:
AirAsia’s leasing unit to receive 30 percent of A321neo order
Read more: https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/airasias-leasing-unit-receive-30-041149732.html
AirAsia Order Marks Emphatic Return To Growth Mode
Read more: http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/airasia-order-marks-emphatic-return-growth-mode
C Series Can Do LCY-NYC, or Moscow
Read more: http://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/aerospace/2016-07-13/c-series-can-do-lcy-nyc-or-moscow
How To Deliver Personalized Travel Experiences Using Cognitive Computing
Innovations Changing the Passenger Experience In-Flight
Read more: http://tech.co/innovations-passenger-experience-flight-2016-07
“I want my MOM”, say airlines buying A321neo, not 737 MAX 9/10X
Read more: https://www.runwaygirlnetwork.com/2016/07/18/want-mom-say-airlines-buying-a321neo-not-737-max-910x/
Jeju Air, Jin Air vying for LCC crown
Read more: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/biz/2016/07/123_209679.html
Need for speed drives e-commerce growth says IAG Cargo
Read more: http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/need-for-speed-drives-e-commerce-growth.html
SWISS Launches Revenue Service with State-of-the-Art Bombardier C Series Aircraft
The dream of an international hub in the Nordics is alive – the Scandinavian governments want to sell SAS
WestJet Learns the Hard Way: Flying Old Jets Is Tough
Read more: http://www.fool.com/investing/2016/07/17/westjet-learns-the-hard-way-flying-old-jets-tough.aspx
Where Will India’s Airlines Land All Their Shiny New Jets?
Irish Aviation News:
AerCap Delivers Second Airbus A350 XWB Aircraft to Cathay Pacific Airways
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30050
AirBaltic mulls Riga-Dublin route in network expansion with CS300 arrival
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/airbaltic-eyes-network-expansion-cs300-arrival
Clare County Council Seeks Seat On Board Of Shannon Group
Read more: http://www.clare.fm/news/clare-county-council-seeks-seat-board-shannon-group
Holiday plans for 15,000 Irish people hit by travel agency closure
Irish MEP launches bid to ground airport prices
Read more: http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/irish-mep-launches-bid-to-ground-airport-prices-ldvf2m6gq
Northern Ireland aerospace sector unites under Causeway Aero brand
Planes, Trains & Automobiles! Entrepreneur Tows Boeing for Mega Theme Park
Read more: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160712/1042837980/plane-train-car-park.html
Santorini Experience joins forces with Ryanair
Read more: http://neoskosmos.com/news/en/Santorini-Experience-joins-forces-with-Ryanair
Spanish airline Wamosair selects Inflight Dublin to Provide Content Services
Read more: http://www.inflightdublin.com/news/wamosair
3 Aviation Events starting week of 25 July on Ascend Aero’s Complete Guide to Aerospace Conferences & Events
Read more: http://www.ascendaero.com/events/
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
To be updated 21 July
Tweets of the day:
@atterseeluftfah Turkish Airl CEO Temel Kotil told me the carrier operate 100%, “Except to the US. But this is not under my control”.
@e_russell Southwest is planning its first international flights from @IFlyOAKland: daily to #PVR and #SJD with 143-seat 737-700s from Feb17.
@ghimlay .@AlaskaAir has named @VirginAmerica CFO Peter Hunt as president of VX upon close of acquisition, until airlines achieve single AOC.
@ghimlay .@Fly_Norwegian will base three 737s in Milwaukee and Chicago for flights to Mexico/Caribbean as part of charter deals with Apple and Funjet.
@ghimlay .@FlyFrontier drops several cities from ATL in coming months: PIT, AUS, CLE, CVG, IAH, MCI, SAT, STL, IND, MEM, MKE, RDU.
@winglets747 Lucky Air: China’s first low-cost, long-haul airline when it launches, as it intends, 787-9 flights to Europe and America by end of year.
Today’s Videos Picks:
An Overview Of Aviation Today
Cello Aviation 737-300 Trailer
Daniel Johnson, Global Products Manager, discusses cross border e-commerce in the air cargo industry
UK: Russian Sukhoi Superjets increase European market share
Sri Lankan Airlines up for investment collaborations. – Prime Minister