Daily Aviation Brief – 19/05/2017
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
China Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 15 May: http://bit.ly/2pNnI4h
India Aviation industry newsletter 15 May: http://bit.ly/2qiWZjk
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 15 May: http://bit.ly/2r8p914
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 15 May: http://bit.ly/2pNcRr9
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 15 May: http://bit.ly/2qnwDKY
Aircraft Update:
C-FEAK Boeing 737-86Q c/n 30292 Sunwing Airlines Ferried Toronto-Belfast 18/05/17 on summer-lease to Thomson Airways.
EI-FNX Airbus A330-243 c/n 283 DAE Capital Ferried Ras Al Khaimah-Sharjah 18/05/17 after storage ex A6-RKS.
EI-STL Boeing 737-476(F) c/n 24446 ASL Airlines Ireland Registered 17/05/17 ex HA-FAZ.
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Aer Lingus Airbus A320 EI-GAL Delivered: http://bit.ly/2qFhFCV
Aviation Job Search & Global FBO Consult: http://bit.ly/2qDbVJT
CityJet Takes Delivery of its Fifth Sukhoi Superjet 100: http://bit.ly/2qg7zau
Former Aer Lingus A320 Delivered to Allegiant Air: http://bit.ly/2pLypUZ
More than 130,000 passengers connected through Dublin Airport in April: http://bit.ly/2qe5ECV
Global Aviation News:
Airlines for America Projects Summer Air Travel to Grow Four Percent
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/34472
Deer Jet to Build Largest Dream Jet Fleet in the World
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/34477
Large US airlines remain uncertain about a trans-Atlantic rebound in the near term
Read more:
LCCs Heat Up the Transatlantic Game
Read more: http://www.businesstravelnews.com/Global/LCCs-Heat-Up-the-Transatlantic-Game
Revealed: Dutch King Has Been a KLM Pilot for 21 Years
Singapore Air Loses Out as Flyers Swap Champagne for Cheap Seats
Singapore Airlines Reports Surprise Loss on Cargo Provisioning
Southwest’s Future 737 Max Engines Being Inspected for Disc Flaw
The world’s aircraft financing markets are enjoying good health, for now
Why Delta Decided to Stop Being the Mean Airline
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-18/why-delta-decided-to-stop-being-the-mean-airline
Irish Aviation News:
AerCap Delivers 767 to Atlas Air Worldwide
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/34480
Airlines have become ‘more resilient and more capable of dealing with short shocks’: IAG CEO Willie Walsh
Aryzta appoints DAA head Kevin Toland as new CEO
Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/0518/876279-aryzta-appoints-daa-head-kevin-toland-as-new-ceo/
Avolon celebrates delivery of the world’s first Boeing 737 MAX to Malindo Air
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/34442
CAR Q1 2017 Dublin Airport Quality of Service Monitoring
Read more: https://www.aviationreg.ie/_fileupload/2017-03-DAA-QoS-Q1-2017.pdf
Cobalt to start new Dublin Larnaca scheduled service
Read more: http://travelbiz.ie/newsstory/Cobalt_to_start_new_Dublin_Larnaca_scheduled_service
Cork among the ‘poor relation’ airports compared to Dublin
Cork Airport boss: ‘New York flights will happen’
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/business/cork-airport-boss-new-york-flights-will-happen-450340.html
Flybe’s new boss aiming for take-off with European airline
Historic Aer Lingus flight to New York departs from Ireland West Airport
Kalitta Air Takes Delivery of Leased 747-400F Factory Freighter from GECAS
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/34495
Norwegian’s new transatlantic routes to include U.S Preclearance for passengers flying from Dublin and Shannon
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/34485
Qatar Airways’ investment in IAG has been ‘very successful from a financial point of view’: IAG CEO Willie Walsh
SMBC Aviation Capital delivers first of three Boeing B737-800s to Jet Airways in a three aircraft deal
Read more: http://www.aviator.aero/press_releases/34470
The IAA Launch New System at Dublin Airport
Read more: https://www.iaa.ie/news/2017/05/18/the-iaa-launch-new-system-at-dublin-airport
Tourism Ireland: Direct flights to China are “vital”
Read more: http://www.newstalk.com/Tourism-Ireland:-Direct-flights-to-China-are-vital
UK airline Flybe exploring opportunities with Dublin-based Stobart Air
Tweet Picks:
@e_russell American pushes full premium economy rollout to late 2018.
@e_russell Hawaiian eyeing East Coast growth but sees more opportunity abroad.
@e_russell “Let’s get open skies done. We’re favourable to that,” says $AAL CFO Kerr on US-China air service.
@e_russell “We’re basically back to 2011 levels and that’s before adjusting for inflation,” says @AirlinesDotOrg’s Heimlich on US airfares.
@winglets747 Confirming the expected, Singapore Airlines in next year will retire 4x A380s. These r some of first in world, hv production inefficiencies.
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