Daily Aviation Brief – 25/11/2016
Aircraft Update:
EC-KOH Airbus A320-214 c/n 2248 Iberia Ferried Dublin-Madrid 21/11/16 after paint into new colours.
OY-SRU Boeing 767-36N(F) c/n 30107 Star Air registered at Shannon 22/11/16 still in basic Transaero Airlines colours ex EI-RUW.
Global Aviation News:
A350-1000: New aircraft from Airbus said to be a Boeing 777 killer
AirBridgeCargo gains CEIV Pharma certification
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airlines/airbridgecargo-gains-ceiv-pharma-certification
AirAsia’s New Lease of Life
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/gadfly/articles/2016-11-24/airasia-s-new-lease-of-life
AirAsia: The Transformation To A Digital Airline
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/31929
Air Zim Needs Right Sizing – CEO
Read more: http://allafrica.com/stories/201611230910.html
Biggest Airbus A350 Debut Signals Triumph of Two-Engine Jets
Boeing May Not See Much Turbulence In A Potential Trump Trade War
Read more: http://seekingalpha.com/article/4025790-boeing-may-see-much-turbulence-potential-trump-trade-war
Bombardier gains Same Type Rating for CS100 and CS300
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airframes/bombardier-gains-same-type-rating-cs100-and-cs300
British Airways considers plans to outsource 1,400 call center jobs
Busy Christmas Day ahead for Iceland’s international airport
Ctrip Announces Agreement to Acquire Skyscanner
Read more: https://www.skyscanner.net/blogs/ctrip-announces-agreement-to-acquire-skyscanner
‘Cultural challenges’ at WestJet as pilots reject deal, unionization efforts continue
Emirates: A380neo Ain’t Happenin’…
Read more: http://www.strategicaeroresearch.com/2016/11/24/emirates-a380neo-dead/
Fiji Airways commits to five Boeing 737 MAX 8s
Read more: http://atwonline.com/aircraft-engines/fiji-airways-commits-five-boeing-737-max-8s
KLM adjusts schedule to Gulf States
Read more: http://news.klm.com/klm-adjusts-schedule-to-gulf-states/
Let’s Pick Up A Boeing From Storage
Read more: http://seekingalpha.com/article/4025037-pick-boeing-storage
Let’s Pick Up A Boeing From Storage (Part 2)
Read more: http://seekingalpha.com/article/4025736-pick-boeing-storage-part-2
Malaysia Airlines expects A350s to drive further improvements on London route
Malaysia Airlines plans to start A380 reconfiguration in late 2017
Malaysia Airlines update Part 2: China drives resumption of capacity and network growth
Malaysia Airlines update Part 3: New widebody order designed to support long term growth
Profitability Improving S. Korea’s Large Airliners Reorganize Routes, Focusing on In-demand Routes
Scotland to get its own national airline – with tartan planes
Strikes Hit Airlines As Lufthansa and ABX Air Face Pilot Walk-Outs
Surf Air: The “Netflix of the skies” (and it’s coming to Europe!)
Read more: http://www.airport-business.com/2016/11/surf-air-netflix-skies-coming-europe/
The future of the A380
TUI Group board gives green light for new airline venture with Etihad
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airlines/tui-group-board-gives-green-light-new-airline-venture-etihad
United Airlines Part 1: New management declares ambitions to usher in a new competitive era
Irish Aviation News:
Avolon delivers Boeing B737-800 to Aerolineas Argentinas
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/31924
Case for cheap Norwegian Air flights from Cork to US to be settled by arbitrator
Donald Trump ‘good news’ for airlines, says Michael O’Leary
‘It’s inevitable…. there are a lot of idiots out there’ – Drone specialist says only a matter of time before serious plane accident
Jet-leasing giant SMBC has eye on acquisitions
Read more: http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/jetleasing-giant-smbc-has-eye-on-acquisitions-35240143.html
Malaysia Airlines’ can be profitable by 2018, says Bellew
Radisson Blu hotel at Dublin Airport books 44% profit rise
Record One Million Passengers Connect Through Dublin Airport
Read more: https://www.dublinairport.com/latest-news/detail/1-million-passengers-connect-through-dublin-airport
Ryanair CEO: ‘How I plan to make air travel free within 10 years’
Ryanair: digital success raises ancillary target to 30% as it becomes the “Amazon of air travel”
SMBC Capital Aviation spent €8.5m with Irish aerospace firms
Spending rules ‘ignored’ amid bid to save United Airlines transatlantic flight
Wizz Air and Ryanair are the biggest and fastest-growing airlines in Central Europe; Poland-UK remains biggest country pair
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2016/11/23/wizz-air-and-ryanair-dominate-in-central-europe/
WRC asks Cityjet pilots to defer strike
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 21 November: http://bit.ly/2ga7oVX
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 21 November: http://bit.ly/2fisW1R
Tweets of the day:
@airkarp 85% of Volaris’s sales are generated from social media, CEO Enrique Beltranena says. #ALTAForum2016.
@airkarp Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. has started building the first two MRJ70 flight test aircraft & expects the MRJ70’s first flight to be in 2H 2017.
@BBD_Aircraft Congrats to the six @airBaltic core pilots who have completed their training and are now qualified to fly the #CS300 aircraft. #CSeries.
@BoeingAirplanes Congrats @Airbus on a successful first flight for the #A350-1000. Competition makes our industry stronger.
@ghimlay .@Delta has formally opposed @USDOT’s award of LAX-PEK frequencies to @AmericanAir, says AA has “history of overpromising” on China routes.
@ghimlay .@VoeGOLoficial CEO believes that consolidation among Latin American airlines is “inevitable”, pointing to softness in economies.
@ghimlay Star Alliance carriers @avianca and @AirChinaNA plan to codeshare on US flights.
@KianiKress 22% raise for @lufthansa Pilots is nonstop to already crowded cemetary of failed airlines + make Germany rely on carriers from US Asia.
@StratAero #Emirates Confirms #A380neo Is Dead https://is.gd/otkWOx Fate Of #A350 Unclear As 787 Stays As Preferred Choice For GCCs Biggest Airline.
@winglets747 Lufthansa pilots want 22% pay increase. They think “fair competition” will see other airlines grow pay by that much, or LH out of business?.
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Timelapse Flight with ATC | Carcassonne to East Midlands | Ryanair Boeing 737-800
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