Daily Aviation Brief – 18/08/2016
Aircraft Update:
EI-FVA Boeing 737-4K5 c/n 24706 Blue Panorama Registered 12/08/16 at St. Athan prior delivery ex G-CIPH.
Global Aviation News:
Air Canada Rouge grows capacity 31% in 12 months; 17 new airports on its route map; Africa is the latest continent to join network
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/08/17/air-canada-rouge-grows-capacity/
Airports in Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain reporting excellent growth so far in 2016
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/08/15/airport-growth-in-2016-in-20-european-countries-analysed/
Airline Hubs: Which Carrier Dominates Your Airport?
Read more: https://www.zacks.com/stock/news/228229/airline-hubs-which-carrier-dominates-your-airport
Challenging Times As Banks Slow Airlines’ Investment
Read more: https://newtelegraphonline.com/challenging-times-banks-slow-airlines-investment/
Finnair starts to plan a EUR 20 million cost-efficiency programme
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30480
Japan Airlines Sticks With Cautious Growth Model
Read more: http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/japan-airlines-sticks-cautious-growth-model
JetBlue’s and El Al’s venture arms open a travel startup accelerator
Read more: https://www.tnooz.com/article/jetblue-technology-ventures-and-el-al-cockpit-startup-accelerator/
KLM has third biggest international European hub among legacy carriers; serves 135 points non-stop; nine new routes added in S16
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/08/17/klm-has-third-biggest-international-hub-in-europe/
Luxury Travel Trends For 2016
Read more: http://pursuitist.com/luxury-travel-trends-for-2016/
Norwegian announces new low-cost flights from London Gatwick to Iceland and Lapland
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30479
US airlines and forwarders that don’t consolidate cargo are ‘digging their own graves’
Read more: https://theloadstar.co.uk/us-airlines-forwarders-dont-consolidate-cargo-digging-graves/
U.S. Airline Rally May Resume After Summer
Read more: http://www.barrons.com/articles/u-s-airline-rally-may-resume-after-summer-1471013616
U.S. Airlines See Higher Labor Day Travel Demand Than in 2015
Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-airlines-see-higher-labor-day-travel-demand-than-in-2015-1471406463
Why Wall Street Isn’t Happy With Southwest’s 43 Straight Years of Profits
Irish Aviation News:
AerCap Delivers Second New Airbus A350 XWB Aircraft to Ethiopian Airlines
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30466
Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300 F-WWYM/EI-FNG due for delivery on 31 August
Read more: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8509543@N03/28994716226/
Aviation show pulled for third year over Maze site row
Balearic Islands, Dublin and Edinburgh top preferred destinations from Stansted Airport
CityJet looking for cabin crew in Amsterdam [Dutch]
GE Capital Aviation Services Signs Purchase-and-Leaseback Transaction with Qatar Airways for Five Airbus A350-900s
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30474
Green leader criticises £5m per year subsidy for transatlantic ‘vanity project’
IAG will back new runway at Dublin Airport
Read more: http://www.businesspost.ie/comment-iag-will-back-new-runway-at-dublin-airport/
Minister Meets Residents Over Second Runway
Read more: http://www.northcountyleader.ie/2016/08/16/minister-meets-residents-over-second-runway/
Norwegian Air Int’l – Letter of Norwegian Air Int’l to EU Commissioner for Transport
Read more: http://airlineinfo.com/ostpdf97/877.pdf
Ryanair add Edinburgh-Milan Bergamo to 2017 schedule
Read more: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/business/business-news/ryanair-add-edinburgh-milan-bergamo-8648961
Ryanair to fly to Milan Bergamo direct from Luxembourg
Ryanair to grow Italian traffic by 10% and launch 44 new routes next year
Read more: http://www.businesspost.ie/ryanair-to-grow-italian-traffic-by-10-and-launch-44-new-routes-next-year/
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 10 August 2016: http://bit.ly/2aGkrfe
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 10-08-16: http://bit.ly/2aMm6kT
Tweets of the day:
@e_russell A4A anticipates a record 15.6m pax over 7-day Labor Day holiday. Busiest days? Thurs and Fri, 1-2 Sep.
@e_russell Cathay Pacific will phase out its A340s by the end of 2017 as A350s arrive.
@winglets747 American Airlines tells US govt Delta will launch MSP-Haneda but cancel MSP-Narita. AA says if it’s allowed to fly Dallas-HND, will keep NRT.
@winglets747 Cathay Pacific confirms it will take 5x used 777-300s (regional, non-ER) from 2018.
@winglets747 Norwegian Air to European Commission: flag of convenience rhetoric is a “false analogy, one that substitutes a buzzword for analysis.”
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