Daily Aviation Brief – 13/12/2017
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
Acumen Aviation appointed as asset manager for two Boeing 737-800 aircraft: http://bit.ly/2nNA5kf
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 11 December: http://bit.ly/2z0Y7Mh
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 11 December: http://bit.ly/2nODi3f
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 11 December: http://bit.ly/2jvsS7d
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 11 December: http://bit.ly/2BR7rB1
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 11 December: http://bit.ly/2iRVh3n
Aircraft Update:
EC-MTD Airbus A319-111 c/n 2318 Volotea Airlines Positioned Rzeszów-Nantes 12/11/17 ex EI-GAU.
EI-HEA Airbus A330-322(F) c/n 116 ASL Airlines (Ireland) Delivered Dresden-Leipzig-Dublin 12/12/17 ex D-AAEA.
EI-NEO Boeing 787-9 c/n 38785 NEOS Delivered Paine Field-Milan Malpensa 12/12/17.
EI-SIB Airbus A320-251N c/n 7951 SAS Airlines (Ireland) Delivered Hamburg Finkenwerder-Copenhagen 12/12/17 ex D-AUBU.
G-POWI Airbus A320-223 c/n 2791 Aero Capital Solutions Ferried London Stansted-St Athan 11/12/17 ex EI-TAG.
Global Aviation News:
Air Canada: Huge Upside From Loyalty And Improving Financial Leverage (DCF)
Air Canada’s New Boeing 737 MAX Enters Regular Service to Transport Customers with Next Generation Amenities
Airline consolidation creates pressures for Europe’s airports
ALEX CRUZ, CEO British Airways: AVIATION CLUB SPEECH, 6 December 2017
https://aviationclub.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Alex-Cruz-speech-6.12.17.pdf
Amazing Pricing strategy by Indigo
Read more: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/amazing-pricing-strategy-indigo-harsh-vaibhav/
British Airways CEO: low fares “do not happen by magic”
Canada’s Oil Capital Turns to Amazon and Airlines to Make Up for Price Plunge
Commission approves proposed acquisition of parts of Air Berlin by easyJet
Poll shows strong US support for open skies with Gulf airlines
Primera’s budget transatlantic flights will use primary airports
Swoop to target millennials, young families and cross border travellers: WestJet
U.S. Transcontinental Airline Shootout Looms
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4130627-u-s-transcontinental-airline-shootout-looms
With new hard and soft product, Finnair bears down on Nordicness
Irish Aviation News:
Acumen Aviation appointed as asset manager for two Boeing 737-800 aircraft
CDB Aviation Closes $492 million Secured Portfolio Financing
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/cdb-aviation-closes-492-million-secured-portfolio-financing/
easyJet announces three new routes from Belfast
Intrepid Announces Delivery of New 777-300ER to Philippine Airlines
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/intrepid-announces-delivery-of-new-777-300er-to-philippine-airlines/
New easyJet destinations from Belfast could create up to 175 new jobs
Ryanair Faces First-Ever Strikes in Union Holiday Offensive
Ryanair To Face Down IALPA Threatened Strike
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/ryanair-to-face-down-ialpa-threatened-strike/
SKY Leasing Announces Ownership of Second Airbus A321-211 with Vietjet
‘Strategic fund needed’ to boost Shannon passengers
The Irish Aviation Authority Estimate Air Traffic Will Grow by 3% in 2017 – IAA Will Safely Handle 1.15 Million Flights
Tweet Picks:
@Airlineroute Malaysia Airlines once again schedules A380 London Heathrow service 20JUL18 – 03SEP18 (KUL departure).
@grahamck63 Looks like the @EasyJet service to @IOMAirport will be the shortest jet service in the world……..65 nautical miles! Are there any shorter?.
@Jamie_Freed Etihad to offer amenity kits, pyjamas, champagne and cold-brewed coffee and snack boxes for sale to economy-class passengers (offering dependent on route length).
@jonostrower I try every single day to attempt to detail how phenomenally complex the air transport system actually is. If the public sufficiently knew and understood how much work goes in to get a plane off the ground, let alone on time, they would never complain.
@royalscottking the 153rd @BoeingAirplanes 777, a 777-300ER for @emirates A6-EQJ, made its first flight yesterday. Shown here “on the go” at #KPAE.
Video Picks:
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