Daily Aviation Brief – 14/03/2017
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
Acumen Aviation Job Posting – Data Analyst: http://bit.ly/2l3QIqa
Acumen Aviation Job Posting – Statistical Analyst: http://bit.ly/2mvuXwA
China Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 13 March: http://bit.ly/2miqQ5z
Global Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 13 March: http://bit.ly/2mS3FD3
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 13 March: http://bit.ly/2nf4s29
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 13 March: http://bit.ly/2nf3Klu
Thought Leadership Series: Statistical Analysis for Scheduled Maintenance Optimization (SASMO): http://bit.ly/2m5BaPf
Aircraft Update:
EI-FZB Boeing 737-800 c/n 44775 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 12/03/17.
EI-RUG Boeing 737-86N c/n 28610 Jet2 Delivered Teruel-Zurich-Shannon 13/03/17 to become G-DRTB.
OY-YBV ATR42-500 c/n 689 Nordic Aviation Capital Ferried Bydgoszcz-Billund 07/03/17
5N-JID Airbus A330-223 c/n 927 Arik Air to be ferried Lagos-Dublin on return to lessor ex EI-EWG.
9K-AMD Airbus A300-605R c/n 719 Kuwait Airways Ferried Kuwait City-Shannon-Portsmouth-Roswell 08/03/17 for part-out & scrap.
9K-AME Airbus A300-605R c/n 721 Kuwait Airways Ferried Kuwait City-London Stansted-Portsmouth-Roswell 12/03/18 for part-out & scrap.
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Dublin Airport Launches No Drone Zone: http://bit.ly/2mqzMtn
Global Aviation News:
Alitalia to pull out from Reggio di Calabria
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/alitalia-pull-out-reggio-di-calabria
Alitalia’s Turnaround Strategy Is a Flop
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/alitalias-turnaround-strategy-is-a-flop-1489240801
Copa Holdings believes a recovery in demand will support marked rise in 2017 capacity growth
Delta CEO: Airlines should all fly fair
Read more: http://www.bostonherald.com/business/business_markets/2017/03/delta_ceo_airlines_should_all_fly_fair
Emirates Airline launches Athens-Newark service
Read more: http://atwonline.com/open-skies/emirates-airline-launches-athens-newark-service
Etihad’s Alitalia turnaround strategy flops
Flights Grounded and Power Prices Soar Ahead of U.S. Northeast Storm
Gulf airlines shook up aviation — and now face their own disruption
Read more: http://www.arabnews.com/node/1067461
Hawaiian Airlines looks to Asia, US East Coast for growth
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/10/hawaiian-airlines-looks-to-asia-us-east-coast-for-growth.html
Iceland’s WOW Air boosts US services
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/iceland-s-wow-air-boosts-us-services
Lufthansa plans new groupwide business class for 2020
Read more: https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/2017/03/12/lufthansa-plans-new-groupwide-business-class-for-2020/
Malindo Air: A330s, fast growth, new destinations underpin partnership & network opportunities
No Emirates-Etihad merger, says Clark
Read more: http://www.arabianbusiness.com/no-emirates-etihad-merger-says-clark-666698.html
Pegasus Airlines: still galloping (just), but no longer flying high, as Turkey events slow demand
Sacramento International Airport hopes for service to Asia, Europe
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article137988408.html
SIA innovates to stay ahead
Read more: http://business.inquirer.net/226058/sia-innovates-stay-ahead
The Boeing 737 MAX Is the Most Underrated Plane of All Time
Tourists are heading back to Europe
Read more: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=11817128
Irish Aviation News:
Air traffic Shannon increased in February
Read more: http://clareherald.com/2017/03/air-traffic-at-shannon-increased-in-february-26471/
Boeing, CDB Aviation Lease Finance Announce Order for 30 737 MAX 8 airplanes
Flights between Belfast and Isle of Man to resume after new carrier found
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-39250330
Flights could be a ‘game-changer’ for West Cork’s tourist industry
Head of Cork, Ireland Airport Talks International Flights from T.F. Green on GoLocal LIVE
Ryanair demand clarity from Britain on post-Brexit flying
Ryanair to Launch Flights to Tbilisi?
Read more: http://georgiatoday.ge/news/6066/Ryanair-to-Launch-Flights-to-Tbilisi%3F
Three flights weekly to US better than none!
The ‘Irish touch’ that’s mending Malaysia Airlines
Read more: http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/transport/the-irish-touch-thats-mending-malaysia-airlines
Tourism Ireland SOAR (Situation & Outlook Analysis Report) February 2017
Warning that UK-Ireland air capacity to drop 4%
Tweets of day:
@e_russell Aeromexico nears 787 sale-and-leaseback.
@e_russell Demand to Cuba is low plus “overcapacity” in the market, Silver says.
@ghimlay .@qatarairways Airways to receive first A320neo-family jet next year (by @MROreporter).
@ghimlay .@VivaAerobus has asked @USDOT to allow it to operate MEX-LAX alongside MEX-JFK which it was awarded, could be 9th airline on MEX-LAX.
@winglets747 Delta CEO: “Qantas is no longer the national airline of Australia, it’s Emirates.”
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Hello ITB 2017 | Emirates Airline
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Thai Airways to further increase capacity on European routes