Daily Aviation Brief – 20/12/2017
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 18 December: http://bit.ly/2jbBKLw
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 18 December: http://bit.ly/2CVpOpT
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 18 December: http://bit.ly/2ARFHff
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 18 December: http://bit.ly/2kF7yso
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 18 December: http://bit.ly/2kGc3CZ
Aircraft Update:
EI-FEC Boeing 737-8KN c/n 40235 Jet Airways Delivered Shannon-Sofia 19/12/17 to become VT-JTK.
G-OZBX Airbus A320-214 c/n 1637 DVB Bank Ferried Birmingham-Shannon 18/12/17 in Monarch Airlines colours.
Global Aviation News:
Boeing Says Bombardier Dumping Puts Smallest New 737 at Risk
British Airways Owner Sacrifices Fare Gains in U.S. Route Battle
CALC Announces Iberia Airlines Sale and Purchase Agreement
Read more: http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2017/1214/LTN20171214693.pdf
China Southern Airlines And British Airways Announce Codeshare Partnership
Farewell to the 747, the Plane That Shrank the World
Finnair Now Accepts Apple Pay For Ticket and Ancillary Purchases
Read more: https://apex.aero/2017/12/13/finnair-accepts-apple-pay-ticket-ancillary-purchases
Finnair pax on Asia services exceed 2m for 2017
IAG still showing an interest in Austrian carrier Niki
Seven flag carriers halt Istanbul flights amid demand slump, rise in Turkish carriers
The statistics that show why Norwegian has rattled BA
Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/transatlantic-flight-statistics/
Irish Aviation News:
AerCap and Neos Celebrate the Delivery of the Airline’s First Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
AerCap Appoints New Head of Investor Relations
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/aercap-appoints-new-head-of-investor-relations/
AerCap Sells $0.8 Billion Aircraft Portfolio
Acasta Enterprises’ Aviation Company Announces Deal to Lease Four Airbus C295 Aircrafts to Humanitarian Assistance Organization
Air Corps Announce the Purchase of 3 Pilatus PC-12’s
Read more: https://flyinginireland.com/2017/12/air-corps-announce-the-purchase-of-3-pilatus-pc-12s/
Aviation Blockchain Hackathon, January 2018, Dublin Business School
Read more: https://irishtechnews.ie/aviation-blockchain-hackathon-january-2018-dublin-business-school/
Carlisle Airport will have flights to London, Dublin and Belfast next year
Eirtech Aviation Develops Cargo Loading System Cover For A320 Family Aircraft
Intrepid Announces Acceptance of Final 777-300ER from Boeing
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/intrepid-announces-acceptance-of-final-777-300er-from-boeing/
Ryanair eyes new bases in France, Scandinavia after union move
SKY Leasing Announces Their Thirty-Fifth Aircraft Closing
Read more: https://www.skyleasing.com/news/sky-leasing-announces-their-thirtyfifth-aircraft-closing.htm
Tweet Picks:
@FG_STrim Delta’s fleet VP, May, says gossip among financiers about aircraft sale prices to airlines are rarely accurate. Delta hasn’t done a sale leaseback deal for the same price they paid for the aircraft from the manufacturer in several years.
@ghimlay Southwest CEO, on revival of open-skies dispute: “We are in favor of open skies… We expect our government to uphold the versions of the treaties that have been signed.”
@JMulliganIndo ‘We must treat our people like human beings’, says new @Ryanair chief operations officer Peter Bellew.
@JournoDannyAero .@CathayPacific confirm @Dulles_Airport service with A350-1000 starting September, 4x a week (first A350-1000 service so far listed).
@winglets747 Legacy airlines used to focus on an older demographic. But as more people travel, do so at a younger age, and have wider choice including LCCs, airlines ask a key question: How to stretch brand across multiple generations.
Video Picks:
Qatar Airways CEO on New Asia Route, Blockade, Earnings
Ryanair donates €100,000 to ISPCC Childline
Scott Kirby talks Hub & Spoke
TUI CEO Joussen Sees Growth in Cruises, Turkish Bookings
United – Hub & Spoke 101