Daily Aviation Brief – 19/04/2018
Acumen Aviation Blog Posts:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 16 April: http://bit.ly/2H2ZHTn
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 16 April: http://bit.ly/2HEO6qC
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 16 April: http://bit.ly/2H3z1lz
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 16 April: http://bit.ly/2H4HfK8
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 16 April: http://bit.ly/2HqPW0W
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
EI-SIF Airbus A320-251N Delivered to SAS Airlines (Ireland): http://bit.ly/2HugdLw
Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737-700 aircraft Delivered Through Dublin For ASky Airlines: http://bit.ly/2qAs4xk
Aircraft Update:
HL8306 Boeing 737-8AS c/n 40308 T´Way Air Delivered Ostrava-Baku-Gimpo International 18-19/04/18 ex EI-ENZ.
LZ-AWO Airbus A320-214 c/n 2902 AWAS Ferried Amman-Toulouse-Toulouse/Francazal 17/04/18 ex OE-LOH.
Global Aviation News:
Air China: China is knocking ‘very nicely’ on the US’ door for more flights
Air France’s budget airline Joon will start flying from Mumbai this June
Air India Should Only Be Run By An Indian Firm, Says RSS Chief
ALPA acknowledges that transnational airlines ‘are with us now’
American Airlines: Oil Impact Overplayed
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4162627-american-airlines-oil-impact-overplayed
Boeing 787’s Range Capped by FAA Following Latest Rolls Glitch
Eurocontrol: Traditional airlines the main driver of European traffic growth in Mar-2018
European pilots want better representation as transnational airlines grow
Read more: http://atwonline.com/labor/european-pilots-want-better-representation-transnational-airlines-grow
Eurowings launches long-haul from Munich
Read more: https://www.incentivetravel.co.uk/news/airportairline/44129-eurowings-launches-long-haul-from-munich
Southwest Airlines says US has witnessed robust decline in fares since 2015
Spirit Airlines Mulls Adding Smaller Jets to All-Airbus Fleet
Turkish carrier slashes Ukraine flight schedule
Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/business/turkish-carrier-slashes-ukraine-flight-schedule.html
United Airlines Rallies as Pricing-Power Gains Ease Growth Fears
Wizz Air adds competition for Aegean Airlines in Greece
Irish Aviation News:
Avolon Sets Up Trust Company For Mid-Life Aircraft
Read more: http://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/avolon-sets-trust-company-mid-life-aircraft
Carriers choose Eirtech solution
Read more: http://www.aircargonews.net/news/single-view/news/carriers-choose-eirtech-solution.html
NAC delivered one Embraer E195, MSN 19000382, to LOT Polish Airlines on lease
NAC sold one ATR 72-500, MSN 499, to a private investment company advised by AELIS Group
No guarantees on flights from Cork to the US
Ryanair announces corporate partnership with National Gallery of Ireland
Ryanair modifies Chania network in late-May 2018
Stobart Group underlines ambitions with merger plans
The first Airbus A330-200 for Air Italy painted in hangar in Dublin as EI-GFX [Italian]
Why aviation has Chinese companies flocking to Ireland
Read more: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201804/16/WS5ad46370a3105cdcf65188a9.html
Tweet Picks:
@CAPA_Aviation Tony Davis of @IrelandiaAvi on new narrowbodies on medium- and long-haul markets: “If the aircraft at the right cost base has the range, it will work. It is going to happen. Technology of the aircraft will drive the model.” #CAPASummit.
@CAPA_Aviation It is no longer necessarily about staying loyal to lowest costs, says Tony Davis of @IrelandiaAvi on LCC model. “It is about revenue beating costs and that could mean serving more costly airports.” #CAPASummit.
@Drukair Drukair signs Purchase Agreement with Airbus in Hamburg, Germany on 11th April 2018. The new Airbus A-320 NEO, configured to 20 Business and 120 Economy seats, is expected to arrive Bhutan in the first quarter of 2020. #Updates #KB #News #April2018.
@LARA_editor Burden of rising aviation taxes & charges in Africa needs to lessen. Last 2 years burden has risen by $1.6Bn but African airlines made loss last year of $700m says Adefunke Adeyemi of @IATA @aviationafrica1 #Avaf18 .
@LARA_editor Plans by @EGYPTAIR to increase services & routes as it receives 45 new aircraft from existing orders from @BoeingAirplanes & @BBD_Aircraft @Airbus CSeries, says Egyptian Av Minister Sherif Fathi @aviationafrica1 #avaf18 . But not increasing frequency to sub-Saharan region.
Video Picks:
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