Daily Aviation Brief – 12/09/16
Aircraft Update:
D-AIBD Airbus A319-112 c/n 4455 Lufthansa To Lufthansa Technik hangar 07/09/16.
OY-SRJ Boeing 767-25E(SF) c/n 27195 Star Air Departed Atlantic Aviation Group hangar 06/09/16 arrrived 04/09/16.
OY-SRO Boeing 767-25E(SF) c/n 27194 Star Air To Atlantic Aviation Group hangar 06/09/16.
PT-MZC Airbus A319-132 c/n 1092 TAM Airlines Ferried Shannon-Kemble 07/09/16 for scrapping.
Global Aviation News:
Airline Shares Jump as Southwest Eases Overcapacity Concerns
Avior Airlines Receives Its First Airbus A340
Read more: http://curacaochronicle.com/aviation/avior-airlines-receives-its-first-airbus-a340/
EasyJet CEO: Open-skies pact must survive Brexit
Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/easyjet-ceo-open-skies-pact-must-survive-brexit-2016-09-08
European carriers seeing benefits of data mining
JetBlue Gets Ready for Battle Against Delta With Atlanta-Boston Route
JetBlue ramps up plan for 200 peak day departures from Boston airport
Read more: http://www.eturbonews.com/74411/jetblue-ramps-plan-200-peak-day-departures-boston-airport
Lufthansa’s Eurowings to Fly From Munich to Meet EasyJet Threat
Lufthansa Group-Singapore Airlines JV Part 1: Lufthansa’s Australia presence strengthened
Lufthansa Group-Singapore Airlines JV Part 2: Lufthansa targets Indonesia with JV, Garuda interline
Norwegian Launches Flights from the U.S. to Barcelona
Qatar Airways and Vueling to codeshare as LCC partnerships establish new models
Turkish Airlines defies network cuts with new long-haul route plans; Latin America and Asia in focus for growth
Weaker airlines set to feel the pinch in Europe’s overcrowded market: CEOs
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-airlines-conference-easyjet-idUSKCN11E26O
WOW air announces new service to Miami
Read more: http://www.aviationtribune.com/airlines/europe/wow-air-announce-new-miami-service/
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus owner considers curbing aircraft-buying plans
Aer Lingus A330-300 Registration EI-FNH at Airbus in Toulouse
See image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/129731853@N07/29433913711/
Average Ryanair fare will drop to €28 by 2020, says Michael O’Leary
Read more: http://www.travelextra.ie/average-ryanair-fare-wil-drop-e28-2020-says-michael-oleary/
DAA unions ‘sharpen scalpel’ on pay talks as dividend is revealed
Derry Airport exit strategy call rejected
Read more: http://www.derryjournal.com/news/transport/derry-airport-exit-strategy-call-rejected-1-7565460
Dublin Airport Sets New August Record With 2.9 Million Passengers
EI-FJV Boeing 737-8JP Norwegian First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/08/ei-fjv-b737-8jp-norwegian-first-flight.html
Ethiopian plans extra Toronto service in Dec 2016/Jan 2017 via Dublin
IAG Assessing Plane Orders on Slow Economy
IAG CEO sees airline industry consolidation, not actively looking at deals
Read more: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-airlines-conference-iag-idUKKCN11E0ZW
I live in Canada and now always fly to NI via Dublin
Investigation underway as plane leaves Donegal runway
Read more: http://donegalnews.com/2016/09/investigation-underway-as-plane-leaves-donegal-runway/
Michael O’Leary: ‘Soon the Ryanair travel app will be bigger business than selling flights’
Read more: https://fora.ie/michael-oleary-my-ryanair-fares-2970104-Sep2016/
New summer route for 2017 from City of Derry Airport officially announced
O’Leary versus ‘the Halfwits’
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-37304650
Ryanair’s accelerated growth in Italy shows the success of its hard-ball game over tax hikes
Ryanair announces raft of new flights from Liverpool
Read more: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/ryanair-announces-raft-new-flights-11859599
Ryanair boss says that if SNP scrap air passenger duty it would lead to a £400m a year cash bonanza
Read more: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/ryanair-boss-says-snp-scrap-8788632
Ryanair Launches Record (Up 8%) Edinburgh S 2017 Schedule 5 New Routes To Barcelona G, Ibiza, Milan, Porto & Vigo
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30722
Ryanair Launches Record (Up 18%) Glasgow S 2017 Schedule 5 New Routes To Barcelona G, Lisbon, Palanga, Valencia & Zadar
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30724
SIA Engineering Re-Order Saf-Deflat-Aer Tools
Read more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/sia-engineering-re-order-saf-deflat-aer-tools-brian-keogh
Tourism Ireland launches £7 million autumn campaign
WOW air to fly to Miami from Ireland for €139 one way
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/30734
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:
@AlexInAir CEO’s of easyJet, Norwegian & IAG Group
(BA/Iberia/Vueling/AerLingus) have today called on government to abolish #AirPassengerDuty tax.
@e_russell Norwegian plans to debut 737 Max on transatlantic routes in June 2017.
@FelicityStarr #aerlingus & #JetBlue to improve customer journey over transatlantic #AviationFest #williewalsh proud to partner if supports his customers.
@FlyingPhotog “We want to simplify the travel experience, not add apps to your smartphone.” JetBlue Tech Ventures #fteglobal.
@JohnLStrickland #aviationfest Willie Walsh: no reason why @AerLingus shouldn’t work with @Ryanair on feed @DublinAirport Customer will decide.
@Oliver__Clark EasyJet does well whether the fuel price is high or low says McCall #AviationFest.
@ParkCloudEN The point-to-point business model will still be the same in 40 years says Carolyn McCall CEO of @easyJet #AviationFest.
@TayloronTravel Emirates ceo Tim Clark: ‘I don’t see too much consolidation in the Middle East, except Akbar is busy buying Willie’ #aviationfest.
@WandrMe Biggest opportunity today is to redefine the ground experience for our passengers. -@jetBlue’s Eash Sundaram #fteglobal #paxex.
@WandrMe Push for UberRush as a delivery service for delayed luggage, offering API and end-to-end tracking. Massive #PaxEx potential IMO. #fteglobal.
@WandrMe Sundaram says @JetBlue Ventures considering 500 companies, 15 invested by 2018, half integrated into the airline ops. #fteglobal #PaxEx.
Today’s Videos Picks:
Adrian Hamilton Manns on low cost airlines
Airlines Survival In Nigeria: Aero And First Nation Suspension Of Services Pt. 1
Emirates’ Clark Sees ‘Patchy’ Global Economy
FutureScope Main Stage Data Analytics – Ryanair CTO John Hurley
Norwegian Air Sees Impact From Brexit Decision
Summer 2017 is looking sunny for Scotland
Best Regards,
Trevor
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