Daily Aviation Brief – 26/10/2017
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
Aircraft Update:
D-ALPA Airbus A330-223 c/n 403 Air Berlin Ferried Düsseldorf-Frankfurt Hahn 20/10/17 on return to lessor.
D-ABXA Airbus A330-223 c/n 288 Air Berlin Ferried Düsseldorf-Lourdes 20/10/17 on return to lessor.
N826LG Boeing 737-4Y0 c/n 24519 LG Aviation Corp Ferried Moscow Vnukovo-Bergen-Keflavik-Bangor-Greenville 15-24/10/17 ex EI-CZK.
OY-EBW ATR72-212A(500) c/n 743 Nordic Aviation Capital Feried Billund-East Midlands 23/10/17 for paint for Passaredo Linhas Aéreas.
Global Aviation News:
Adria Switzerland terminates PowdAir contract
Read more: http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/10/adria-switzerland-terminates-powdair.html
Air Canada finding unit revenue upside now that its network diversification reaches maturity
Airbus teams up with Bombardier to deepen Delta ties and outmanoeuvre Boeing
As it dies, airberlin sells NIKI, LGW, other aircraft to Lufthansa/Eurowings. easyJet talks continue
Airlines get ready for new U.S. security rules from Thursday
AirAsia Japan Mark II plans launch on 29-Oct-2017, becoming Japan’s first major independent LCC
Bombardier Held Talks With China Over C Series
Broken Toilets Are Causing Problems for JetBlue
BTS Statistics Release: 2nd-Quarter 2017 Air Fare Data
Read more: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOT/bulletins/1be56f5
Copa Airlines shores up margins in 2017 as conditions in Latin America slowly improve
Could the CSeries give EasyJet a new zest?
Read more: https://www.aviationanalytics.com/2017/10/23/cseries-give-easyjet-new-zest/
Expanding low-cost carriers gain market share
Heathrow doubts after new analysis shows Gatwick expansion ‘better than third runway’
German domestic capacity could drop 25% in 2018 with loss of airberlin, Transavia and People’s Viennaline; Cologne Bonn leading domestic airport for growth
JetBlue Airways (JBLU) Q3 2017 Results – Earnings Call Transcript
New blow for Birmingham as Norwegian scraps all flights from the city to Spain
Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/norwegian-axe-spain-routes-from-birmingham/
Norwegian ends Spanish flights from Birmingham and Manchester
The American Tourist Has Been Scared Away From Mexico
Turkey’s Government to continue international charter subsidies in 2018
Read more: https://blueswandaily.com/turkeys-government-to-continue-international-charter-subsidies-in-2018/
Irish Aviation News:
AWAS directors paid €9m as it records loss
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/awas-directors-paid-9m-as-it-records-loss-36259232.html
Busy Jazz Bank Holiday Weekend For Cork Airport
Read more: http://www.corkairport.com/news/detail/2017/10/23/busy-jazz-bank-holiday-weekend-for-cork-airport
Cork Airport boss buoyed by strong numbers
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/cork-airport-boss-buoyed-by-strong-numbers-461589.html
Cork Airport old terminal to be torn down
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/cork-airport-terminal-to-be-torn-down-811264.html
MPS upgrades Ryanair simulator to FTD-2
Read more: https://www.mps.aero/about_mps/news___press/mps_upgrades_ryanair_simulator_to_ftd-2
NAC delivered one Embraer E190, MSN 19000097, to Aeroméxico Connect on lease
Norwegian lays on extra Dublin to Denmark flights to help fans follow Ireland’s bid for World Cup glory
Payout for 13 directors as Awas leasing firm in red
Volotea, Swiss and Aer Lingus increase frequencies at Cork for Summer 2018
Tweet Picks:
@airlinewriter Because of higher fees, airlines get only 75% of revenue from fares these days, down from 89% in 2000.
@airlinewriter If you can avoid fees, the average domestic airfare adjusted for inflation is down 27% since 1999 (but up 3% from the 2009 trough).
@hharteveldt “If there are two places we need to get rid of queues, it’s post offices and #airports” – Paul Griffiths, Dubai Airports Authority #IATAWPS.
@justinbachman One lesson of $UAL vs. $JBLU 3Q calls: No cost guide is worse than one analysts don’t believe, based on stock reactions. -12 pct v +2 pct.
@rml_marketing Andrew Murphy @ShannonAirport estimates new seasonal @AirCanada route Shannon to Toronto will add €11m spend pa @IreCanBiz.
Video Picks:
Airborne 10.23.17: First A330neo, NavWorx Closed, Evolution Aircraft Problems
CRJ 25th anniversary slideshow
Ryanair New Baggage Policy Update
The making of the A350 simulator
#1in100million – Thank you to our 100 million passengers
Best Regards,
Trevor