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Published on November 16th, 2018 | by Trevor Buckley

Daily Aviation Brief – 16/11/2018

Acumen Aviation Newsletters:

China Aviation Industry Newsletter 12 November: http://bit.ly/2B0z1yb

India Aviation Industry Newsletter 12 November: http://bit.ly/2T4QPz2

Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 12 November: http://bit.ly/2QAyt7n

Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 12 November: http://bit.ly/2PqnkJI

USA Aviation Industry Newsletter 12 November: http://bit.ly/2T4y3Yu

Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:

Ryanair fleet expands to 449 Boeing 737-800 aircraft: http://bit.ly/2JVuQXe

Ryanair Sun embarks on ambitious fleet expansion: http://bit.ly/2OE1Qnz

Aircraft Update:

LZ-AWQ Airbus A319-112 c/n 2905 BH Air on behalf of AWAS Ferried Chengdu-Astana-Amman 15/11/18 ex B-6159.

OE-IBF Boeing 737-8K5 c/n 30604 AerCap Registered at Shannon 15/11/18 ex OY-PSE.

5B-DCZ Airbus A320-214 c/n 2875 Sky High V Co Ferried Larnaca-Lourdes-Toulouse-Francazal 12-14/11/18 in Cobalt Air colours.

Global Aviation News:

American Airlines to cancel PHL-Mexico flights in 2019, months after launch

Read more: https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2018/11/14/american-airlines-to-cancel-phl-mexico-flights-in.html

Baggage Fees Bite Flyers, Boost Airline Bottom Lines

Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2018/11/14/baggage-fees-bite-flyers-boost-airline-bottom-lines/#1c2272d88ac6

FAA Statement on Boeing Model 737-8 and -9 Airplanes

Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/faa-statement-on-boeing-model-737-8-and-9-airplanes/

Flybe Puts Itself Up for Sale

Read more: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2018-11-14/flybe-puts-itself-sale

HNA Offers Airline Vouchers to Repay Investors Instead of Cash

Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-14/hna-offers-airline-vouchers-to-repay-investors-instead-of-cash

How Denver International Airport lands international flights — and which destinations might be next

Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2018/11/14/denver-international-flights-dia/

LCC/ULCC model disrupting Latin America aviation

Read more: https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/lcculcc-model-disrupting-latin-america-aviation-447708

Lufthansa considering 20% increase in basic airfares in 2019: CEO

Read more: https://blueswandaily.com/lufthansa-considering-20-increase-in-basic-airfares-in-2019-ceo/

Singapore Airlines finds premium economy a tougher sell on new non-stop U.S. flights

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-singapore-air-results-long-haul/singapore-airlines-finds-premium-economy-a-tougher-sell-on-new-non-stop-u-s-flights-idUSKCN1NJ0TN

Star Alliance makes connecting partner model ‘less burdensome’

Read more: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/star-alliance-makes-connecting-partner-model-less-b-453606/

TUI Fly and TUI Germany closer together

Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/tui-fly-and-tui-germany-closer-together/

Irish Aviation News:

Avolon Places 15 Airbus A320neo Aircraft with Vistara

Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/avolon-places-15-airbus-a320neo-aircraft-with-vistara/

Avolon Repays Remaining Emerald Aviation Finance Securitisation Debt of US$407 Million

Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/avolon-repays-remaining-emerald-aviation-finance-securitisation-debt-of-us-407-million/

Gulf Air Completes Sale and Leaseback of 6 Airbus A320neo Aircraft with SMBC Aviation Capital

Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/gulf-air-completes-sale-and-leaseback-of-6-airbus-a320neo-aircraft-with-smbc-aviation-capital/

Inside Dublin Airport’s ‘secret third terminal’ – the one where selfies are banned

Read more: https://fora.ie/dublin-airport-vip-terminal-services-4329533-Nov2018/

NAC delivered one new ATR 72-600, MSN 1471, to Far Eastern Air Transport Corporation (FAT) on lease. This is the first aircraft to deliver as part of a four aircraft lease agreement

Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/nac-delivered-one-new-atr-72-600-msn-1471-to-far-eastern-air-transport-corporation-fat-on-lease-this-is-the-first-aircraft-to-deliver-as-part-of-a-four-aircraft-lease-agreement/

Phoenix American Financial Services, Inc Announces John McInerney As New Managing Director Of PAFS Ireland

Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/phoenix-american-financial-services-inc-announces-john-mcinerney-as-new-managing-director-of-pafs-ireland/

Qantas non-stop Sydney-London flight on the brink of ‘commercial viability’, a threat to Cathay Pacific and Hong Kong airport says CEO

Read more: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/hong-kong-economy/article/2173004/threat-cathay-pacific-and-hong-kong-qantas-says-non

Flybe takeover talks raise questions over airline’s Belfast routes

Read more: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/northern-ireland/flybe-takeover-talks-raise-questions-over-airlines-belfast-routes-37528975.html

Ryanair Announces Extra Easter Flights For Dublin

Read more: https://www.hospitalityireland.com/ryanair-announces-extra-easter-flights-dublin/67565

Ryanair launches extra London Stansted Easter flights

Read more: https://www.traveldailynews.com/post/ryanair-launches-extra-london-stansted-easter-flights

Ryanair reinstates four Glasgow Airport routes

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-46222308

Ryanair waiting in wings as Flybe expected to be carved up

Read more: https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/ryanair-waiting-in-wings-as-flybe-expected-to-be-carved-up-885464.html

Tweet Picks:

@AlexInAir Flybe do not actually own its #Heathrow slots — and they don’t appear on the balance sheet. They were awarded them when BMI closed down, and told they could use them for domestic services (to feed long haul arrivals onto Flybe) so long as they flew for at least 3 years…#Flybe.

@AlexInAir In #Africa, taxes for fuel in some countries are almost twice the global average. Add that to high taxes, protectionist legal barriers, regulatory setbacks, and stubborn nationalism…

@AvMROSean Southwest’s ETOPS subfleet will start with 28 737-800s. Plan is to add newer 737-8s later. Opted for -800s first in part because of experience with the type. ETOPS approval isn’t just a rubber stamp–it’s amended procedures, training, etc.

@designerjet “As a German engineer I am very embarrassed about Berlin airport but as the CEO of Lufthansa I couldn’t care less.” —Spohr.

@designerjet Carsten Spohr, Chairman & CEO, Deutsche Lufthansa AG says “fares have come down amazingly and they will stay low, but it is time for a correction.” Adds, “We all need to see how we get through these new oil prices.” #WOCE18 Emphasis that we are “nowhere near a crisis.”

@NatlAero Congratulations @GulfstreamAero on achieving #NAA’s latest #AviationRecord: Miami, FL to London, UK: 568 mph in a Gulfstream G650ER.

Video Picks:

Airlines haven’t signed off on new KCI price tag

https://youtu.be/e6nmRvRMjXI

KQ is set to launch direct flights to Mogadishu

https://youtu.be/R9jUKA2h8OU

Lessons to Develop Financing in the Region – ALTA Airline Leaders Forum

https://youtu.be/zznSU-mC87M

Spirit Airlines Is Offering Daily Nonstop Service from BWI To These Three cities

https://youtu.be/oF6DNuPlqTA

What’s Keeping India’s Airlines In An Air Pocket?

https://youtu.be/Zjwlr2gkbKI