Daily Aviation Brief – 07/02/2017
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
China Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 6 February: http://bit.ly/2kEVVnb
Global Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 6 February: http://bit.ly/2jTWKZL
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 6 February: http://bit.ly/2jTxYnO
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 6 February: http://bit.ly/2kJyPvh
Aircraft Update:
EI-GBB Boeing 737-86N c/n 36809 Norwegian Air International Registered 05/02/17 ex LN-NOF.
EI-FPI Candair CRJ900 c/n 15425 Cityjet Delivered Montréal–Mirabel-Keflavik-Stockholm Arlanda 04/02/17 in SAS Airlines colours.
N823SY Boeing 737-85P c/n 33971 Sun Country Airlines Delivered Shannon-Minneapolis–Saint Paul 06/02/17 ex EC-JAP.
G-UMAR Boeing 737-548 c/n 24968 Oryx Jet Ferried London Luton-Băneasa International 03/02/17 after storage ex UR-GBE/EI-CDE.
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Dublin based Global FBO Consult Receives IBAC IS-BAH I3SA recognition: http://bit.ly/2ksHOyS
Emirates Airlines 2600th Boeing 777 flight to Dublin: http://bit.ly/2jnf2B2
Global Aviation News:
Berkshire’s Airline Bet Said to Stem From Faith in Parker’s Call
Dubai Said to Agree $3 Billion Loan to Fund Airport Expansion
Flying in Europe? Airline Investors Should Stay Away
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/flying-in-europe-airline-investors-should-stay-away-1486390682
jetBlue Airways reluctant to cut capacity despite uncertain revenue performance outlook
JetBlue to Trim 2017 Capacity Growth in Bid for Pricing Power
Norwegian Air confirms Providence will be base for Europe flights
Qantas’ Asian transformation, relaunching Beijing & Melbourne-Tokyo; highest Asian activity ever
Singapore Airlines Cargo outlook 2017: challenges persist following further cuts to freighter fleet
Southwest Airlines strikes a cautious tone for its 2017 unit revenue performance outlook
Trump to meet with airline CEOs on Thursday: White House
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-airlines-idUSKBN15J00D
Turkey Plans Massive Transfer of Assets to State Wealth Fund
Uber hires NASA aircraft engineer to work upon ‘Elevate’ flying vehicles
Read more: https://thetechportal.com/2017/02/06/uber-hires-nasa-engineer/
United Airlines pilots pressure President Trump over Norwegian Air
Irish Aviation News:
Brexit uncertainty clouds outlook for Ryanair and EasyJet
Read more: https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2017/02/06/brexit-uncertainty-clouds-outlook-for-ryanair-and-easyjet/
Declan Collier expects Cityjet’s Sukhoi Superjet to fly from Dublin to London City by March 2018
Here’s why foreign airlines are queuing to set up operations in Ireland
Read more: http://www.thejournal.ie/sas-ireland-2-3221412-Feb2017/
Ryanair Cautious on Outlook as Fare Slump Clips Earnings
Ryanair CEO calls for break-up of Berlin airports monopoly
Read more: http://www.politico.eu/article/ryanair-ceo-calls-for-break-up-of-berlin-airports-monopoly/
Ryanair’s Fare haircut
Ryanair may drop UK domestic flights after Brexit
Ryanair predicts 130m passengers in 2017, expects fares to fall 3pc
Read more: http://www.travelextra.ie/ryanair-predicts-130m-passengers-2017-expects-fares-fall-3pc/
Ryanair profit drops due to overcapacity
Read more: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/ryanair-profit-drops-due-to-overcapacity-2017-02-06-1485236
Simtech sells stake to private equity companies
Siptu hits back at Aer Lingus CEO over airport privatization call
Read more: http://www.travelextra.ie/siptu-hits-back-at-aer-lingus-ceo-over-airport-privatisation-call/
Visiting Ireland a popular pursuit
Read more: http://www.bostonirish.com/publishers-notes/visiting-ireland-popular-pursuit
Willie Walsh and Michael O’Leary speaking at A4E Aviation Summit Brussles Wednesday 8th February 2017
Read more: https://www.a4eaviationsummit.eu/A4E17/agenda
Tweets of the day:
@AirlineFlyer The day after #SB51, @Delta has 18 flights scheduled from @iah to @ATLairport 9 757-200s & 9 757-300s totaling 3,897 available seats #AvGeek.
@Airlineroute Eurowings A330 to serve Faro, Gran Canaria/Las Palmas and Tel Aviv in summer 2017, once weekly.
@Airlineroute Norwegian Air UK (DI) initial operation includes 1 weekly each London Gatwick – Fuerteventura / Palma Mallorca from late-March 2017.
@e_russell United sees 777-300ER as a ‘west coast’ aircraft, says Kirby.
@ghimlay .@JetBlue has cut 2017 capacity plans a point, to up 5.5%-7.5%, after recent pressure from Wall Street.
@winglets747 Alitalia in 2017 to take delivery of its first 777-300ER (from Jet Airways?) and an additional 777-200ER as well as A330-200.
Today’s Videos Picks:
Declan Power, Shannon Airport – Travel Industry Road Show – TTR
IAA Remote Tower Technology
European carriers need to stop “crying wolf” – Qatar Airways CEO
Kevin Toland – Connecting Ireland to the World – Delivering Dublin Airport’s North Runway
Michael O’Leary on Donald Trump
The Holiday Show 2017, Limerick, in association with Shannon Airport