Daily Aviation Brief – 16/10/2017
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
Acumen Aviation Gains CAMO Approval for B737NG and A320 Family: http://bit.ly/2fKpS4K
Acumen Aviation Attending Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Hong Kong 2017: http://bit.ly/2yk6nHW
Dublin Office Vacancy – Aircraft Data & Records Analyst: http://bit.ly/2yfIxcs
Aircraft Update:
EI-FPS Candair CRJ900 c/n 15437 Cityjet Delivered Montréal-Keflavik-Copenhagen 13/10/17 in SAS Airlines colours.
EI-STJ Boeing 737-490(F) c/n 28885 ASL Airlines (Ireland) Registered at Shannon 11/10/17 ex N788AS.
HB-AFW ATR72-202 c/n 419 ASL Airlines (Ireland) Ferried Geneva-Shannon 13/10/17 on transfer to become EI-SLZ.
Global Aviation News:
CAPA: ‘super connectors’ in Middle East and Turkey are ‘losing steam’ after earlier transformation
EasyJet in Talks for 25 Air Berlin Jets Based at Tegel Airport
Emirates’ Tim Clark: China airlines’ rise to affect all carriers
Game Over For Airbus A330neo?
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4113401-game-airbus-a330neo
Goldman’s Call Turns Cathay Into Hong Kong’s Hottest Stock
Hawaiian Air’s Quality, Local Routes Will Offset Southwest: CEO
HNA Unit Hainan Airlines Is Increasing Stakes in Three Carriers
IAG launches Vueling Club to frequent fliers
Read more: http://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/iag-launches-vueling-club-to-frequent-fliers/
Rome stumps up more Alitalia cash, extends sale deadline
Read more: https://www.thelocal.it/20171014/rome-stumps-up-more-alitalia-cash-extends-sale-deadline
Surge in Drone Safety Reports Prompts ‘Emergency’ Action at FAA
TAP attributes strong trans-Atlantic growth to partnerships in the US and Brazil
TAP Portugal: ‘Much more is possible’ in JVs over alliances
Read more: https://centreforaviation.com/news/tap-portugal-much-more-is-possible-in-jvs-over-alliances-726835
Virgin Hands London-NYC Flight to Delta as Boeing 787s Need Engine Fix
Irish Aviation News:
Airport seeking tenders for removal of jet
Read more: http://clareherald.com/2017/10/airport-seeking-tenders-for-removal-of-jet-61135/
CityJet: Brexit an ‘unconceivable folly’, UK Government leadership continues to ‘scramble’
Dublin Aerospace welcomes new MAMF Apprentices
Read more: http://dublinaerospace.com/2017/10/mamf_apprentices/
IAG CEO Willie Walsh : LEVEL to grow ‘at a rate that is financially sustainable’
IAG CEO Willie Walsh on Joon: ‘I don’t get it’
Read more: https://centreforaviation.com/news/iag-ceo-on-joon-i-dont-get-it-726809
IAG CEO Willie Walsh ‘No favour’ when investing in the group’s airlines
Read more: https://centreforaviation.com/news/iag-ceo-no-favour-when-investing-in-the-groups-airlines-726806
IAG still deciding on LEVEL’s AOC base, adds ‘IAG is a product of the EU’ -CEO Willie Walsh
Malaysia Airlines CEO: Finance community sees aircraft as a ‘wonderful asset’ to own
Malaysia Airlines CEO: Ryanair had a ‘psychotic focus’ on cost, some principles introduced at MAS
New September Record Set With 2.7 Million Passengers
Plans for Dublin airport hotel fail to take off
Read more: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/plans-for-dublin-airport-hotel-fail-to-take-off-3vpxzb827
Potential Flight Disruption due to Storm Ophelia – Irish Aviation Authority
Read more: https://www.iaa.ie/news/2017/10/15/potential-flight-disruption-due-to-storm-ophelia
Ryanair maintains its dominance in Spain
Read more: https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/10/13/inenglish/1507886885_634932.html
Ryanair to Launch Flights from Eastern Finland to Greece
Read more: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/10/13/ryanair-to-launch-flights-from-eastern-finland-to-greece/
Ryanair to Launch 23 New Routes from Greece in Summer 2018
Read more: http://news.gtp.gr/2017/10/11/ryanair-23-new-routes-greece-in-summer-2018/
Ryanair route cancellations: about pilots or profits?
Read more: https://www.aviationanalytics.com/2017/10/02/ryanair-route-cancellations-pilots-profits/
Travel Extra Sunday Supplement 15 October
Read more: http://mailchi.mp/irelandmail/travel-extra-new-issue-available-online-kqvdj5bysr
Tweet Picks:
@Airlineroute Hainan Airlines has applied 2 wkly each Shenzhen – Dublin and Shenzhen – Brussels with A330 or 787, from June and July 2018 respectively.
@Airlineroute Ukraine International Airlines’ Boeing 777 aircraft to serve New York JFK from 25MAR18, Beijing from 01MAY18. Economy Class 3-4-3 layout.
@CAPA_Aviation “We have a market niche, we try to control capacity and do things that are right,” says @RoyalJordanian’s CEO Stefan Pichler. #ACTECAPAlon.
@jonostrower And crucially, the combined VLA passenger fleet between A380 & 747 is smaller today than it was a decade go when A380 started flying.
@winglets747 Hainan Airlines applies to fly from Shenzhen to Brussels Dublin in 2018. Cathay Pacific recently announced service to BRU and DUB from HKG.
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