Daily Aviation Brief – 07/09/2016
Aircraft Update:
D-AIZJ Airbus A320-214 c/n 4449 Lufthansa Departed Lufthansa Technik hangar 05/09/16 arrived 09/08/16.
EI-OZM Airbus A300B4-622R(F) c/n 722 ASL Airlines Rolled out of Eirtech Aviation paint hangar 05/09/16 in full European Air Transport/DHL colours and towed to Atlantic Aviation Group hangar.
N910FD Boeing 757-236(SF) c/n 25054 FedEx Departed Lufthansa Technik hangar 05/09/16 arrived 24/07/16.
PT-MZC Airbus A319-132 c/n 1092 Tam Airlines Ferried Sal-Shannon-Kemble 04-06/09/16 for part out & scrap.
Global Aviation News:
Air France-KLM Chief Plans More Conciliatory Stance on Cost Cuts
AirAsia to Sell Leasing Arm as Early as December to Cut Debt
America’s Biggest Airlines Echo Trump’s Trade Rhetoric
American Air Deal Removes Hurdle to Republic’s Bankruptcy Exit
Australia-India air travel market grows rapidly but SE Asian hubs hinder nonstop services
Brexit business woes hit UK transatlantic connectivity
Commercial aircraft delivery: outlook intact despite order slowdown
Demand For Pilots Soars, Dozens Bid Goodbye To IndiGo In Six Months
France’s LaCompagnie Shuts Premium U.K. Route on Brexit Concern
Lufthansa begins TSA Pre-Check participation
Read more: http://atwonline.com/security/lufthansa-begins-tsa-pre-check-participation
Lufthansa Technik Malta Provides Base Maintenance For easyJet
Meet the man behind the on-demand helicopter startup that the 1% use to get to the Hamptons
Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/blade-ceo-secrets-to-running-the-uber-for-helicopters-2016-9?r=US&IR=T
Qantas aims to achieve further USD340m in transformation benefits in FY2016/17
Read more: http://centreforaviation.com/news/qantas-2016-annual-review-591426
Tianjin Airlines to launch the first Chinese flights from Auckland
Read more: http://www.aviationtribune.com/airlines/asia/tianjin-airlines-launch-first-chinese-flights-auckland/
Thomas Cook Airlines launches seventh direct USA route from Manchester Airport – to San Francisco
The Story Behind the ‘Wings of Lebanon’ Plane That Shocked an Israeli Airport
Wizz Air Sticks With Ultra-Low-Cost Business Model
Read more: http://aviationweek.com/airlines-airports/wizz-air-sticks-ultra-low-cost-business-model
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus Regains ‘Fastest Airline in the World’ Title at the BUD Runway Run
Aer Lingus takes a second bite of the Big Apple
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/09/05/aer-lingus-takes-a-second-bite-of-the-big-apple/
AerCap, ALC, GECAS, BOC to Dominate 2016-2020 Aircraft Leasing Market
Ascend Aero – Helicopter Newsletter 5 September
Read more: http://www.ascendaero.com/2016/09/05/helicopter-newsletter-5-september/
Best ever month for passenger growth at Belfast International Airport
Can the Belfast airports really compete with Dublin?
EI-FRW Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/09/ei-frw-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
Foster welcomes sales and employment growth of NI Aerospace industry
Irish Aviation industry well represented Aviation Festival in London next 3 days
Read more: http://www.terrapinn.com/conference/aviation-festival-europe/speakers.stm
‘Operating lease killer’ offers innovative secured aircraft funding model to airlines in $5bn plan
Read more: http://www.aviationfinance.aero/article.php?i=15841
Ryanair boss calls on PM to add new runway at Stansted Airport
Ryanair celebrates 11% rise in passenger traffic
Read more: http://www.traveldailymedia.com/240717/ryanair-celebrates-11-rise-in-passenger-traffic/
Spectacular show over the Portrush skies
We need modern airport infrastructure
Read more: http://www.newsletter.co.uk/news/your-say/we-need-modern-airport-infrastructure-1-7561229
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 5 September 2016: http://bit.ly/2bSz6Ya
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 05-09-16: http://bit.ly/2cBWyM4
Tweets of the day:
@alexjcornwell .@QatarAirways to “soon” make a “large aircraft order” – GCEO Akbar Al Baker.
@IATA Air #cargo demand increased 5.0% in July year-on-year – fastest pace in almost 18 months.
@winglets747 ANA advertising new daytime Haneda-JFK flights: “Downtown Tokyo in a New York Minute”.
@winglets747 BA cuts 1 of 2 daily A318 LCY-JFK flights. What’s changed? Contenders: market, AA JV, AA lie-flat, 74 reconfig w/ more J seats, what else?.
@winglets747 Last of the big Gulf hubs falls: Doha joins Dubai and Abu Dhabi in introducing ~US$10 tax for transit/transfer passengers.
Today’s Videos Picks:
A Day in the Life at an Irish Coast Guard Helicopter Base
Aer Rianta Air Spectacular1987
Etihad Airways E-BOX In-flight Entertainment September 2016
Scandinavian Airlines A historic flight – FULL STORY
Transaero Boeing 767 Enniscrone, Sligo (Ireland)