Daily Aviation Brief – 28/05/2018
Acumen Aviation Newsletters 21 May:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 21 May: http://bit.ly/2LhmAAU
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 21 May: http://bit.ly/2LjZ46E
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 21 May: http://bit.ly/2kh9Ga9
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 21 May: http://bit.ly/2IDrkiK
USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 21 May: http://bit.ly/2s6HtX5
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Emirates Airlines Targets 85% Load Factor on Dublin Route: http://bit.ly/2GVPnaU
Laudamotion Massive Winter Expansion sees new Dublin route: http://bit.ly/2Ja5XJc
Aircraft Update:
EI-GJZ Boeing 737-800 c/n 44840 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 25/05/18.
EI-GSA Boeing 737-800 c/n 44841 Ryanair Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 25/05/18.
OY-YCB ATR72-500 c/n 554 Nordic Aviation Capital Delivered BZG-WOE 25/02/18 ex RP-C4200.
Global Aviation News:
Airline margins: squeeze is on as Brent crude oil touches USD80
American shies away from 777X or 787-10 for growth
Boeing 737 Max On Course To Meet Reliability Goals
Delta Returns to Mumbai After U.S. Pact on Persian Gulf Airlines
Delta Unveils Zac Posen Uniforms With a Taste of ‘Passport Plum’
EasyJet confirmed as UK airline, despite EU ownership
Read more: http://atwonline.com/aeropolitics/easyjet-confirmed-uk-airline-despite-eu-ownership
Fuel surcharges imminent – Qatar Airways chief
Latvia’s SmartLynx To Expand In North America
Read more: http://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/latvia-s-smartlynx-expand-north-america
The Icelandic air bridge between US and Europe; Copenhagen top airport from North America, but London leading city but where is Dublin on the list?
Read more: http://www.anna.aero/2018/05/25/power-iceland-atlantic-bridge/
The World’s Cheapest Airlines Are Asian [Infographic]
United Airlines Taps Former FAA Chief Jane Garvey as Chairman
WestJet: Upward Momentum Will Take Time To Play Out
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4176978-westjet-upward-momentum-will-take-time-play
Irish Aviation News:
Clune appeals to Norwegian boss to reinstate flights
Growth in Irish aviation finance sector sees A&L Goodbody hire new partner
IAG CEO Willie Walsh welcomes UK Transport Secretary call to keep Heathrow expansion costs down
Read more: http://www.es.iairgroup.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=240949&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2350726
Its official – Ryanair deserves the credit for European integration
Laudamotion Launches New Vienna Winter Service
Profits soar at Dublin Aerospace
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/profits-soar-at-dublin-aerospace-36947930.html
Retail inMotion to help Etihad Airways ‘do a lot of things we cannot do now’
Ryanair hopes to secure UK AOC by the end of 2018
Read more: http://atwonline.com/airlines/ryanair-hopes-secure-uk-aoc-end-2018
Travel Extra’s Sunday Supplement 27 May
Read more: https://mailchi.mp/irelandmail/travel-extras-sunday-supplement-china-in-our-hands
Tweet Picks:
@airkarp American CEO Parker: ‘Since last summer, oil prices have increased 60%. That’s a big increase in a short period of time … [and] is going to have an impact on airline earnings … I view that as a near-term problem, not a long-term problem. The industry can handle it long term.’
@alexjcornwell Restructuring Etihad Airways doesn’t renew near decade-long naming sponsorship of major sports stadium (Etihad Stadium) in Melbourne, Australia.
@atlairportnews “The former TWA terminal at JFK has been carefully restored and will open next spring as a hotel, with a reception desk near the front door and a large bar in the middle.”
@hondajet Introducing the HondaJet Elite – an aircraft for the betterment of humankind. The HondaJet Elite flies further, faster and higher than any other aircraft in its class and is most fuel efficient – providing future generations with the joy of mobility while living sustainably.
@winglets747 US orders Russian airlines to file schedules (paper punishment – at least for now) in response to Russia denying overflight rights to US cargo airlines. (No mention of American Airlines being denied overflight.)
Video Picks:
Emirates’ Enda Corneille on where Irish holidaymakers are going in the world
Heroic crew of Southwest Flight 1380 describe bond that pulled them through
Is it Time to Buy US Airlines?
Ryanair Plans to Restrict Non-EU Shareholders Amid a Hard Brexit
Why do airlines make such good punching bags? The case of Air Canada and Wow Air #SimpliLive