Daily Aviation Brief – 05/10/2016
Global Aviation News:
Blue Panorama transfers operations to new company
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airlines/blue-panorama-transfers-operations-new-company
California’s Ontario International Airport Part 1: Change of ownership allows it to compete with LAX
CEO Interview: JetBlue Founder’s Future With Azul Airlines and TAP Portugal
C Series engine is not pulling its weight, Bombardier CEO says
Díaz: “An important transformational period in travel-retail history”
Read more: http://www.dfnionline.com/regions/global/607519-03-10-2016/
Etihad codeshares with South African low cost carrier
Guggenheim Partners Announces Sale of Commercial Aviation Division to Management Team
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/31084
International Airlines Group launches Hangar 51 start-up programme
Lufthansa, city airport bicker over hike in a spate of charges
Lufthansa Group to serve new holiday destinations over winter
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/31094
Southeast Europe seeks to build on strong tourist season
UK CAA allows Monarch Airlines to continue flying
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airlines/uk-caa-allows-monarch-airlines-continue-flying
United extends lease at Dulles International Airport through 2024
Read more: http://atwonline.com/daily-news/united-extends-lease-dulles-international-airport-through-2024
Will the Airbus Restructuring Force Big Changes at Boeing?
Irish Aviation News:
Atlantic Aviation apprentice scheme flying high
Read more: http://clareherald.com/2016/10/atlantic-aviation-apprentice-scheme-flying-high-77755/
BOC Aviation And Air China Enter Into Purchase-And-Leaseback Arrangement For Five New Aircraft
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/31071
Drones hailed as major resource in emergency situations
EI-FTE Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2016/10/ei-fte-b737-8as-ryanair-first-flight.html
Irish Aviation Students Association 2nd Annual Symposium, October 21st
Read more: http://www.iasa.aero/
Keywords Studios appoints ex- Stobart, Ryanair man as new FD
Local Eyes are Smiling After First Aer Lingus Flight Out of Bradley
Profits on the up at Belfast City Airport
Read more: http://www.irishnews.com/business/2016/10/05/news/profits-on-the-up-at-belfast-city-airport-720291/
Ryanair returns to Warsaw Chopin Airport
Read more: http://www.lotnisko-chopina.pl/en/news/0/421/szczegoly.html
Ryanair Says Low Pound Won’t Make U.K. Hotter Than Spanish Beach
Ryanair September Traffic Grows 13% To 10.8M Customers
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/31086
Ryanair Steps Up Its Push Into Germany as Air Berlin Retreats
Ryanair to add 50 aircraft in 2017
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/ryanair-add-50-aircraft-2017
Ryanair to continue slashing fares for winter
Read more: https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/news/ryanair-to-continue-slashing-fares-for-winter-7089
Ryanair to create over 3,500 jobs across Europe
Sri Lanka to pay $170 million to AerCap for A350 cancellation: Finance Minister
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-aercap-hldg-idUSKCN1240ZJ
Tourism Ireland and Etihad Airways launch Superseller Trade Incentive
£7.5m aid package could see ‘new industry’ fly at City of Derry Airport
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 4 October 2016: http://bit.ly/2dskI8L
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 04-10-16: http://bit.ly/2cPy0yo
Ryanair announces a record 76 new routes for Summer 2017: http://bit.ly/2dpRVlS
Tweets of the day:
@airlinewriter Wolfe Research says $AAL’s December schedule includes 1.1% cut in domestic seats instead of 2.4% increase. Deepest cuts in BOS. @AmericanAir.
@e_russell Guggenheim Aviation Partners completes management buyout, becomes Altavair.
@e_russell Indeed, @united mainline flights are up 10.7% to 580 and seats up 11.5% at @Dulles_Airport in October compared to Oct15, Diio data shows.
@e_russell “With the cost savings MWAA’s been working on, we’re allocating capacity [to @Dulles_Airport,” said UA’s former VP network Znotins.
@thatjohn If Cathay Pacific really wants to increase density per slot, I can think of 380 ways to do it that don’t involve taking a hatchet to #PaxEx.
Today’s Videos Picks:
ADS Show 2016 – Dassault Aviation
Aviation Nation 2016 – General Leavitt Invitation
IAG launches Hangar 51 start-up accelerator programme
International Arrivals Facility at Sea-Tac Airport, Fly through Animation,
Loading Trial of an A350 Rolls-Royce XWB Engine
Mihin Lanka to merge with SriLankan Airlines
Ryanair School Travel Launch 2016