Daily Aviation Brief – 22/07/2016
Aircraft Update:
LN-RGK Boeing 737-683 c/n 28313 SAS Airlines To Lufthansa Technik hangar 20/06/16.
Global Aviation News:
ATAG: Air transport supports nearly 63m jobs, USD2.7 trillion in global GDP.
China’s secondary airlines plan long haul growth: 17 Chinese airlines to have widebody aircraft
Delta Gets New Tokyo Route as Haneda Flights Move to Daytime
EasyJet Revenue Slides as Terrorism, Brexit Depresses Fares
How You Can Book Etihad’s Insane First-Class “Apartments” With Miles
jetBlue may return to Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Intl to stimulate competition in a changed market
Lufthansa Issues Profit Warning Following Recent Terror Attacks
New York’s $8 Billion Airport Still Won’t Get You to L.A.
Passengers would pay $8 per hour to shorten long haul travel
Singapore Airlines to switch Houston stopover from Moscow to Manchester
SriLankan Airlines seeks strategic investor
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airline-financials/srilankan-airlines-seeks-strategic-investor
United CEO vows top to bottom review of business from hubs to routes
WestJet’s 767 operational problems cloud a significant low cost long haul revenue opportunity
Yakutia Airlines the First to Operate Split Scimitar® Winglets in Russian Federation
Irish Aviation News:
Agri Aware launches CAP communication campaign in Dublin Airport
Bray Air Display takes place this weekend
Read more: https://www.businessworld.ie/news/Bray-Air-Display-takes-place-this-weekend-565068.html
Casement Humanitarian Day 2016 Wednesday August 3rd (Free Event)
Read more : http://www.ireland.ie/news/special-event-mark-humanitarian-legacy-roger-casement
Controlling Ireland’s skies
Dublin’s Irelandia Aviation takes majority control of VivaColombia
Dublin Airport Runway 10/28 Overlay Work
Read more: https://www.dublinairport.com/latest-news/detail/runway-10-28-overlay-work
Dublin Airport Welcomes 100,000 Passengers In A Single Day
Eirtech Aviation ‘Passenger USB Power System’ Selected by Privilege Style for B757 and B767 Aircraft
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30095
Passenger Numbers Up 13% In First Six Months At Dublin Airport
Ryanair’s ancillary revenue hits record level
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/ryanairs-ancillary-revenue-hits-record-level-411553.html
Ryanair Launches Birmingham Summer 2017 Schedule
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30122
Ryanair Launches New Bristol Route To Venice Marco Polo
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30097
SMBC debut bond eight times over subscribed – lessor boss
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Emirates Airlines 121st Boeing 777 visits Dublin Airport: http://bit.ly/29X2Ipg
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 21 July 2016 : http://bit.ly/2a3SxwB
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 21-07-16: http://bit.ly/29OXTNv
Tweets of the day:
@aschonland #Superjet CEO tells us the SSJ for #CityJet will have winglets from #Sukhoi in 2017.
@DublinAirport Amsterdam is our busiest continental European route.Passenger numbers have increased by 75% -V- 2015 figures #Travel.
@DublinAirport Budapest is proving to be a very popular destination this year with passenger numbers up by 20% over 2015.
@DublinAirport Dublin-London is Europe’s busiest international air corridor. Passenger numbers have increased by 7% over 2015.
@DublinAirport More than 848,000 passengers took flights to and from the UK in June 2016, up 13% on the same month last year. #Travel.
@DublinAirport New York is our busiest transatlantic route with a 6% increase in passenger numbers over 2015. #BigApple.
Today’s Videos Picks:
A VistaJet Pilot’s Perspective on Global business jets
Dublin Airport Timelapse
Fijian Civil Aviation Minister hosts Pacific Aviation Ministers Meeting.
Frecce Tricolori Flypast over Dublin
Southwest Airlines Computer Glitch Causes Massive Delays
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Welcoming ceremony of the new Airbus A350 XWB of Ethiopian Airlines at BIA