Daily Aviation Brief – 28/02/2018
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 26 February: http://bit.ly/2Cn6CnZ
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 26 February: http://bit.ly/2CknJGJ
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 26 February: http://bit.ly/2BR0Aur
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 26 February: http://bit.ly/2CJDp23
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 26 February: http://bit.ly/2CpXAX8
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Cello Aviation establishing new Dublin Base: http://bit.ly/2CGDjZb
Cityjet Takes Delivery of 21st New Bombardier: CRJ900: http://bit.ly/2HKPuYK
Aircraft Update:
EI-ENZ Boeing 737-8AS c/n 40308 Ryanair Ferried Glasgow Prestwick-Ostrava 27/02/18.
EI-GFH Airbus A330-223 c/n 665 Whitney Ireland Leasing Ltd Ferried Lourdes-Zurich 27/02/18 ex D-ABXC for Malaysian Airlines.
EI-GJB Boeing 737-800 c/n 44822 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 27/02/18.
EI-GJC Boeing 737-800 c/n 44824 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 27/02/18.
SE-RFV Boeing 737-86N c/n 32669 TUIfly Nordic Ferried Oslo-Shannon 27/02/18 prior return to lessor ex EI-EOX.
Global Aviation News:
Airbnb may start its own airline
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/airbnb-may-start-its-own-airline/
Airline CEOs Pan Proposal to Hike U.S. Airport Tax
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-02-26/airline-ceos-pan-proposal-to-hike-u-s-airport-tax
American and Qantas file application to form joint business
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/american-and-qantas-file-application-to-form-joint-business/
Berlin BER operator confirms additional costs of 770 million Euros
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/berlin-ber-operator-confirms-additional-costs-of-770-million-euros/
Gulf Air Unveils Strategy and Plans for 2018 and Beyond
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/gulf-air-unveils-strategy-and-plans-for-2018-and-beyond/
How Big Airlines Stack Against Each Other In Cost & Efficiency
Read more: https://www.nasdaq.com/article/how-big-airlines-stack-against-each-other-in-cost-efficiency-cm926905
Norwegian in discussions with ANAC for a low-cost airline in Brazil
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/norwegian-in-discussions-with-anac-for-a-low-cost-airline-in-brazil/
Irish Aviation News:
Al Baker weighs expansion of Dublin-Doha route, as first A350 takes to the air, writes Fearghal O’Connor
Backbone Aviation rises again bought by a group of Irish and American investors
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/backbone-aviation-rises-again/
Dublin in running for new super jet – Qatar chief
Icelandair’s Boeing 737 MAX 8 will operate inaugural new service to Dublin on 8 May
Read more: https://airlinegeeks.com/2018/02/24/icelandairs-first-boeing-737-max-8-emerges-at-boeing-field/
Norwegian Boeing MAX 8 Oslo-Dublin route from 12 August
Norwegian continues Ireland expansion with double-daily Dublin-New York flights
Ryanair Announces 11 New W18 Routes From Edinburgh
Read more: http://newsroom.aviator.aero/ryanair-announces-11-new-w18-routes-from-edinburgh/
Ryanair chief technology officer: ‘I find out about our projects in the papers’
Ryanair’s CTO on why he is still confused by the marketing department
Read more: https://www.marketingweek.com/2018/02/26/ryanair-cto-still-confused-by-the-marketing-department/
Shannon set to be leading drone centre
Tbilisi Airport Tariffs Too High For Ryanair
Read more: http://georgiatoday.ge/news/9244/Tbilisi-Airport-Tariffs-Too-High-For-Ryanair
US and European visitors offset UK drop-off for hotels
WOW Air will take passengers from CVG to several European destinations including Dublin
Tweet Picks:
@Airlineroute United to display UA-coded flight number on Croatia Airlines’ Zagreb – Dublin route.
@Airlineroute Qatar Airways has extended A350-1000XWB service to London Heathrow until 24MAR18 inclusive.
@BabakTaghvaee All of #IranAir’s Historical Airplanes including Boeing 747SPs & 727s are now planned to be scrapped in three months, because the airline authorities want to wip-out the airline’s glorious history in pre-Islamic Revolution days. EP-IAA, EP-IAB & EP-IAD will be scrapped this week.
@ghimlay Avianca CEO Hernan Rincon says talks with United on JV “continue on a positive note”, says he doesn’t have answer on how long more it will take (Rincon previously guided to end-2017).
@PeterAdamSmith Ryanair pulls all but 3 of its routes from Glasgow Airport. @GLA_Airport says it’s “a consequence of the Scottish Government’s inability to introduce its proposed 50% cut in Air Departure Tax…Despite clear and repeated warnings from both airports and airlines…” @itvnews.
Video Picks:
Kenny Jacobs Ryanair and capacity constraints at Dublin airport
Kenny Jacobs Ryanair happy to let SAS and Norwegian slug it out in Scandinavia
Kenny Jacobs Ryanair have 15pc of European market
Kenny Jacobs Ryanair interest in Russia Ukraine & Central Europe
Kenny Jacobs update on Ryanair interconnecting flights