Daily Aviation Brief – 02/01/2018
Aircraft Update:
EI-GCY Airbus A320-214 c/n 4128 Cambodia JC International Airlines at Guangzhou 25/12/17 prior delivery.
EI-SIC Airbus A320-251N c/n 7979 SAS Airlines Ireland Delivered Hamburg Finkenwerder-Stockholm Arlanda 27/12/17.
G-OZBW Airbus A320-214 c/n 1571 Dcal 4 Leasing Ferried Shannon-London Luton 29/12/17 in Monarch Airlines.
G-VMIK Airbus A330-223 c/n 432 Virgin Atlantic Ferried Shannon-Tel Aviv 21/12/17 for cabin config & paint ex D-ALPB.
VP-BRL Boeing 757-28A c/n 29381 Royal Flight Delivered Shannon-Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen-Moscow Domodedovo 29/30-12/17 ex EI-EWT.
Global Aviation News:
Aeromexico Weighs Bombardier C Series Order
Boeing – Flying Too High, With Or Without Embraer
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4134059-boeing-flying-high-without-embraer
Boeing Seeking Deal With Brazilian Aerospace Titan
Bombardier CEO Dials Down New-Jet Ambitions to Focus on Cash
Despite eyebrow-raising small print, Vueling’s Eurobiz works well
EasyJet’s New CEO Aims to Follow McCall With Boost in Passengers
Emirates celebrates the Year of Zayed inflight and in the air
Read more: https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-celebrates-the-year-of-zayed-inflight-and-in-the-air
Eurowings cancels 300 flights in Winter 2017/18
Read more: https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/62717-eurowings-cancels-300-flights-in-winter-201718
Here are 1,310 direct flights created in 2017 that you can now take
Read more: https://qz.com/1143743/all-of-the-new-routes-airlines-flew-in-2017/
Here Are the Six Key Ways Luxury Travel Changed in 2017
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-26/luxury-travel-trends-climate-change
Indian Carriers To Induct Over 900 Planes In Coming Years
London, San Diego and Paris are readers’ most-missed nonstop destinations from Cleveland Hopkins airport
Read more: http://www.cleveland.com/travel/index.ssf/2017/12/london_san_diego_and_paris_are.html
The Sound of Norwegian – How Norwegian Air Shuttle aims to engage customers through music
U.K.’s Secret Brexit Studies Reveal That Airbus Makes Planes
Vueling will launch a new website for travel agencies [Spanish]
2018 Aviation Outlook. 2017 was aviation’s sweetest spot ever. Oil prices could spoil the party
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus recognized by Forbes as one of the aviation success stories of 2017
Airlines criticize airport security levy plan
Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/airlines-criticise-airport-security-levy-plan-464968.html
Aviation authority asks pilots to help correct charts
Aviation sector on course for yet another turbulent 12 months
Cabin crew offer for Aer Lingus complaints team
DAA puts power contracts to tender
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/daa-puts-power-contracts-to-tender-36432186.html
Flybe Increases London Southend to Groningen to 3 times daily from April 2018
Read more: http://airportregions.org/news/three-times-day-london-groningen-airport-eelde/
Hotel firm launches new airport bid after plan blocked
ITIC Tourism Year End Review 2017 & Outlook for 2018
Read more: http://www.itic.ie/YE17/index.html
Europe’s leading regional airline, Flybe, to add 16,000 extra seats on its services to and from Ireland West Airport in 2018
Read more: http://www.irelandwestairport.com/news/europe-s-leading-regional-airline-flybe-to-add-16-000-extra-
EI-FVZ Boeing 737-800 Norwegian Air Shuttle First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2017/12/ei-b737-800-norwegian-air-shuttle-first.html
EI-GDP Boeing 737-800 Ryanair First Flight
Read more: http://boeing-test-flights.blogspot.ie/2017/12/ei-gdp-b737-800-ryanair-first-flight.html
‘R116 accident could hit our profits,’ warns firm behind rescue service
Rating Norwegian Air to Ireland flights – a very different experience
Read more: https://www.irishcentral.com/opinion/niallodowd/rating-norwegian-air-ireland-flights
Ryanair buffeted by turbulence in a year of cancellations chaos
Tour Operators Thankful for Brexit Soft Border in Ireland
Read more: http://www.travelmarketreport.com/articles/Tour-Operators-Thankful-for-Brexit-Soft-Border-in-Ireland
Travel Extra’s Sunday Supplement 24 December
Tweet Picks:
@e_russell Here are the Diio airline capacity stats, 2007 v 2017. NYC-BUF: down 26.6% NYC-LAX: up 50.8%. The economic disconnection btwn large metros and their hinterlands by numbers. cc @planetmoney.
@ghimlay American, JetBlue and United are not requesting additional HAV frequencies (after Delta’s decision to return some). But demand still exceeds supply for available HAV frequencies (requests for 72 weekly frequencies, but only 34 available).
@Jamie_Freed Korean Air spokesman told me airline has no plans to retire A380s as dubious AirLive story that one will be sent to Roswell boneyard next year spreads around the internet.
@KianiKress In a surprise move @easyJet makes #BerlinTegel – #Dusseldorf a genuie route with up to 6 daily flights each way, was denied till monday. So now routes #Cologne-Tegel, @MUC_Airport – @HamburgAirport or @dusairport – Munich are waiting guys.
@winglets747 Big thumbs down to @HIAQatar and @qatarairways for now requiring booking reference or ticket number to use WiFi 👎🙄 global hubs are about ease and efficiency – you can do better.
Video Picks:
Airborne 12.27.17: Boeing Embraer Combining?, Blue Origin, Diamond Now Chinese-Owned
Airline trends for 2018: What to expect in air travel
Delivery Ceremony of Korean Air’s First CS300 Aircraft
Emirates Airlines 2017 in review
Etihad Airways A Year of Giving