Daily Aviation Brief – 14/02/2018
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 12 February: http://bit.ly/2BT16Jm
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 12 February: http://bit.ly/2ElxCFN
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 12 February: http://bit.ly/2CdG2Ji
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 12 February: http://bit.ly/2Ej6YsY
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 12 February: http://bit.ly/2EngK1m
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Ryanair adds five new 737-800 fleet in January fleet increases to 418: http://bit.ly/2GLCeCC
Ryanair adds five new aircraft in October 17 increasing fleet to 408: http://bit.ly/2nArz5y
Ryanair increases fleet to 413 737-800s in November 17: http://bit.ly/2EBUaP7
Ryanair network growth resumes with 21 new routes announced: http://bit.ly/2nIXbp9
Ryanair welcomes 5 new aircraft into fleet in September 17: http://bit.ly/2EB0w1k
Aircraft Update:
N625AS Boeing 737-790(F) c/n 30702 Alaska Airlines Re-Delivered Tel Aviv-Belfast-Keflavik-Bangor-Victorville 08-10/02/18 after freighter conversion.
VQ-BDR Airbus A320-214 c/n 1130 Rossiya Airlines Ferried Pulkovo-Shannon 09/02/18 on return to lessor.
ZS-TGX Boeing 737-3Y0(F) c/n 24462 Star Air Cargo Delivered Shannon-Houari Boumediene 11/02/18 ex N711SK.
Global Aviation News:
A321LR prepares for Paris-New York test flight
Read more: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/a321lr-prepares-for-paris-new-york-test-flight-445830/
Airbus’s Most Important Aircraft Can’t Shake Its Teething Problems
Alex Cruz leads aviation heavyweights at Routes Europe 2018 conference
Bangkok Don Mueang Airport: world’s largest LCC airport to surpass 40 million passengers in 2018
China’s aviation watchdog expects record 65 million trips in this year’s holiday rush
China’s Liberalized Access Policy Bearing Fruit
Emirates deal means it’s not quite the end of the line for the A380, but can IAG get a price that’s right for it to provide a further timely boost?
Etihad Airways withdraws 777-200LRs and A330Fs, but has bigger strategic decisions to make
IAG Invests in Hangar 51 Start-Up Volantio
Read more: https://hangar51.com/programme-two-investment/
Icelandair Tries New Market Types to Protect Its Model in a MAX/neo World
LCC capacity between Europe and North America will grow a massive 70.3% in summer 2018
Read more: https://blueswandaily.com/air-capacity-between-europe-and-north-america-set-to-hit-new-heights/
Norwegian CEO: “The UK will be at the heart of our continued global expansion
Trump Is Said to Again Seek to Spin Off U.S. Air-Traffic Control
U.S. Bizav Flights Top 3 Million for 1st Time in Decade
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus Tragedy To Be Commemorated at Rosslare
Read more: https://afloat.ie/safety/rescue/item/38427-aer-lingus-tragedy-to-be-commemorated-at-rosslare
Avolon helps prop up debt-laden HNA Group in share sale
Dublin Airport tenders Terminal 1 specialty retail concessions
Read more: https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/dublin-airport-tenders-terminal-1-speciality-retail-concessions/
Irish aerospace soars to new heights
Read more: https://www.aero-mag.com/irish-aerospace-soars-new-heights/
Newly-merged STS UJet announces expansion at Shannon Free Zone
Read more: https://businessandfinance.com/news/newly-merged-sts-ujet-expansion-shannon-free-zone/
Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce will remain ‘as long as the board and shareholders want me to continue’
The Ryanair Agreement may take up to one year [Danish]
Read more: https://www.check-in.dk/ryanair-overenskomst-kan-tage-op-til-et-aar/
Why Europe’s LCC fleets will continue to grow. Ryanair leads; Wizz Air has most orders
What is the status of the integration of Aer Lingus into IAG?
Read more: https://londonairtravel.com/2018/02/11/aer-lingus-iag/
Tweet Picks:
@e_russell Latin America’s Viva Air Group aims for IPO and 3rd airline in next two years.
@e_russell Norwegian plans to base A321LRs in UK, serve US east coast and midwest cities like #DTW, #MSP, and #PHL from 2019, CEO Kjos tells @FlightGlobal.
@e_russell Qatar Airways’ Al Baker tells @AP airline has no interest in fifth-freedom routes to the U.
@JohnLStrickland CEO @aegeanairlines @AvClubUK fiercely competitive European market with legacies & LCCs. Customer service differentiation & efficiency are key.
@JohnLStrickland .@aegean CEO confirms fleet renewal evaluation will conclude in next month. Assessing @BoeingAirplanes #737MAX & @Airbus #A320Neo Expect to implement from 2020 @AvClubUK #airlines.
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