Daily Aviation Brief – 22/11/2017
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 20 November: http://bit.ly/2AVbHPy
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 20 November: http://bit.ly/2Afd530
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 20 November: http://bit.ly/2izqit8
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 20 November: http://bit.ly/2hEzHP8
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 20 November: http://bit.ly/2mJcVuN
Aircraft Update:
EI-GCF Airbus A330-302 c/n 1817 Aer Lingus Delivered Toulouse-Dublin 20/11/17 ex F-WWCN.
LZ-CMB Airbus A320-232 c/n 7922 CMIG Aviation Capital Delivered Toulouse-Malta 16/11/17 VN-A575 not taken up.
OE-IGE Airbus A321-231 c/n 6639 Avolon Registered at Shannon 17/11/17 in Air Berlin colours ex HB-JOX.
Global Aviation News:
APD to ‘damage global air connectivity’ post-Brexit
Read more: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/292528/apd-to-damage-global-air-connectivity-post-brexit
BA to board passengers ‘in order of ticket price’
Read more: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/292540/ba-to-board-passengers-in-order-of-ticket-price
Boeing Books 250 Orders And Commitments
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4126637-boeing-books-250-orders-commitments
Boeing’s ‘797’ takes a big step toward becoming reality
Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2017/11/20/news/companies/boeing-797-nma-chief-engineer/index.html
Brexit Cost to Aerospace ‘Extremely Worrying,’ Lawmakers Say
Delta to offer free premium-class upgrades to elite travelers — if there are any seats left
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/20/delta-will-offer-free-business-class-upgrades-for-us-travel.html
Indigo Partners patient on Frontier’s IPO, but latest Airbus order shows bullishness on US ULCCs
Meridiana to pursue growth, rebrand as Air Italy; Meridiana has previously been shrinking
More Than 10 Million Indians Flew In October
Read more: https://www.bloombergquint.com/markets/2017/11/20/more-than-10-million-indians-flew-in-october
Southwest Airlines: Consistently Profitable With Long-Term Price And Dividend Growth Potential
ULCC market heats up
Read more: https://www.skiesmag.com/news/ulcc-market-heats/
United Airlines gets a grim gift from WOW air
Wizz Air plans ‘major’ expansion from Luton airport
Read more: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/292510/wizz-air-plans-major-expansion-from-luton-airport
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus adds Seattle service from May 2018
Aergo Capital refinancing deal may power €1bn in plane purchases
CDB Aviation Delivers A321-200 Aircraft To New Airline Customer Asiana Airlines
CDB Aviation Delivers First of 14 New A320neo Aircraft to India’s GoAir
CDB Aviation Delivers One New Boeing 737-800 to Air Changan
CDB Aviation Lease Finance Delivers First of Three 737-800s to Urumqi Air
Former Ryanair boss to chair Hostelworld
Read more: http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/292508/former-ryanair-boss-to-chair-hostelworld
Ireland West Airport embarks on €15m phase of terminal enhancements and Runway upgrade works
Ryanair to create 200 engineering jobs across Europe
Tourism growth presents challenge to State, conference told
Turkish Airlines to gradually introduce Boeing 737 MAX 8 on Dublin route
Tweet Picks:
@Airlineroute Finnair has started codesharing on IBERIA’s Madrid – Mexico City sector (approx.) since 06NOV17.
@Airlineroute flydubai 737 MAX 8 will begin European service from late-December 2017.
@e_russell Aeromexico chief Conesa hopes the carrier could join the Delta, Air France, KLM, Virgin Atlantic JV in the second half of 2018, pending regulatory approval.
@e_russell Deutsche Bank expects domestic capacity in Brazil to grow in 2018, first time in a few years, says Linenberg. #ALTAForum.
@e_russell “The [737] Max 10 is a very good airplane when the range is not a key decision,” says Gol, seeing different missions for it and the Max 9 #ALTAForum.
Video Picks:
Airbus A380 & Boeing 777 Formation Flight with Al Fursan | Dubai Airshow 2017 | Emirates Airline
KLM shareholding at Kenya Airways diluted to 7.8pc in new deal
Marie Astrid Baillet of Luxair in Dublin, Nov 16 2017
Southwest Airlines Unveils Disney∙Pixar “Coco”-Themed Boeing 737-700 Aircraft
The Emirates Flight Training Academy