Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
Acumen Aviation Announces 2017 Operational Review: http://bit.ly/2DmZcP9
Acumen Aviation Announces Senior Leadership Changes: http://bit.ly/2CT1VD1
Aircraft Update:
OE-IGE Airbus A321-211 c/n 6639 Avolon Airtest at Shannon 11/01/18 prior delivery to Condor as D-ATCD.
SX-BHT Airbus A321-211 c/n 666 Olympus Airways Ferried Craiova-Keflavik-Bangor-Goodyear 10-11/01/18 on return to lessor, for part-out & scrap ex EI-ESI.
Global Aviation News:
Aegean Airlines MD: 700,000 additional seats to be offered in 2018
Airlines Poised to Gain With Rising Fuel Costs as Unusual Ally
Azores Airlines Is In Financial Trouble
Read more: http://onemileatatime.boardingarea.com/2018/01/12/azores-airlines-is-in-financial-trouble/
Bursting Heathrow Crams More Passengers Onto Bigger Jets
Could London City be a better business option for Yorkshire as BA cuts frequencies to Leeds Bradford from London Heathrow?
Deutsche Lufthansa AG reiterates Eurowings to be profitable in 2017
How a tiny country is increasingly a big hub for trans-Atlantic flights — in one chart
IATA Airlines Financial Monitor October-November 2017
Read more: http://www.iata.org/publications/economics/Reports/afm/Airlines-Financial-Monitor-Nov-17.pdf
IATA Regional Briefing – Europe – December 2017
Read more: http://www.iata.org/publications/economics/Reports/regional-reports/Europe-Dec17.pdf
IATA Unique city-pair connections exceed 20,000 for the first time
Kenya Airways to launch first US services in October 2018
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airports-routes/kenya-airways-launch-first-us-services-october-2018
Maltese Government establishes new entity to own and lease back Air Malta slots
Read more: https://centreforaviation.com/news/press-release-by-the-government-of-malta-755988
New court ruling casts further doubt on IAG-NIKI deal
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airlines/new-court-ruling-casts-further-doubt-iag-niki-deal
Norwegian changes engines in Dreamliner’s
Read more: http://norwaytoday.info/finance/norwegian-airline-must-switch-engines-21-dreamliner-aircraft/
Stranded Russian Jets in Mexican Hangars Haunt Troubled Airline
The Arctic’s Dubai: Icelandic aviation
Read more: https://espresso.economist.com/6217b2f7e4634fa665d31d3b4df81b56
The Unstoppable Growth of the International Airlines Group (IAG)
Travel Warning or Alert? State Department Aims to Clarify System
Wizz Air CEO: Disappearance of state-owned Romanian airline, a matter of time
Read more: https://www.romania-insider.com/wizz-air-tarom-disappears/
Irish Aviation News:
Acumen Aviation releases 2017 Operational Review
Read more: https://businessandfinance.com/news/acumen-aviation-releases-2017-operational-review/
Ceremony for men killed in Aer Lingus training flight crash
GECAS Appoints Declan Kelly Chief Commercial Officer
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/gecas-appoints-declan-kelly-chief-commercial-officer/
Goshawk issues USD100 million Schuldschein
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/goshawk-issues-usd100-million-schuldschein/
Hoffman and Korn obtain sole ownership of Apollo Aviation Group
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/hoffman-and-korn-obtain-sole-ownership-of-apollo-aviation-group/
Ryanair axes Kerry-Faro flights
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/ryanair-axes-faro-flights-36473716.html
Ryanair upgraded but its “still doomed to grow” – analyst
Ryanair to adopt new carry on baggage policy on 15-Jan-2018
Read more: https://blueswandaily.com/ryanair-to-adopt-new-carry-on-baggage-policy-on-15-jan-2018/
Stobart awarded PSO air contract for next four years
Read more: http://www.dttas.ie/press-releases/2018/stobart-awarded-pso-air-contract-next-four-years
Team Accessories Eyes Capability Additions After Ownership Change
Travel Extra’s Sunday Supplement 14 January
Weston Airport Increases Landing Fees
Read more: https://flyinginireland.com/2018/01/weston-airport-increases-landing-fees/
Where in the world? More than 30 new flight routes from Ireland in 2018
Tweet Picks:
@jonostrower A350s and CFM-powered A320 & A321neos have yet to be certified in China and they’re starting to pile up at Airbus factories. P&W A321neos only got the nod from CAAC in the closing days of 2017.
@McWhirterAlex China’s @HainanAirlines intends to compete with @cathaypacific ‘s forthcoming Brussels-HongKong service by starting a link between Brussels and nearby Shenzhen.
@tonyfernandes AIRASIA X does not feel the long haul market is ready. Not interested in Berlin london etc. Firmley focussed on medium haul routes.
@tonyfernandes AIRASIA will be transferring routes that are over 4 hours to AIRASIA X as they have matured and using that capacity for the more profitable shorter haul routes. Win win.
@tonyfernandes Predicting this will be a record year for AIRASIA X. Further route reallocation and a reduction in costs. Thai AIRASIA x growing from strength to strength.
Video Picks:
British Airways High Life Entertainment – January 2018
Crowded Skies: Traditional Carriers Join Discount Long-Haul Rush
Emirates A380 in Dubai Miracle Garden
IATA NDCHack developers video – Dublin 2017
KC-390 – Flight test campaign status 2017
