Acumen Aviation Newsletters 4 March:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 4 March: http://bit.ly/2C1YbMI
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 4 March: http://bit.ly/2IODLwB
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 4 March: http://bit.ly/2C4cgJL
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 4 March: http://bit.ly/2Ui28Ek
North America Newsletter 4 March: http://bit.ly/2IPDtpm
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Gainjet Ireland Adds Global 5000 to fleet: http://bit.ly/2XCj4aO
Private Sky Adds Gulfstream 550 EI-EGO to fleet: http://bit.ly/2H9UsA6
Aircraft Update:
G-EUPJ Airbus A319-131 c/n 1232 British Airways Ferried Shannon-London Heathrow 04/03/19 after paint into BEA “red square” retro colours.
OE-LOI Airbus A320-214 c/n 2944 LaudaMotion Delivered Jakarta-Nagpur-Tsentralny-Vienna 03/4-03/19 ex RP-C3242.
Global Aviation News:
Air France-KLM SWOT: renewed hope, but Air France must perform
American Airlines Is Considering Flying to Africa and India With New Dreamliners
Aurigny’s inter-island route is unsustainable, say Blue Islands
Central Europe’s smaller airlines grow. Consolidation likely
Fastjet airline extends loan date
GoAir launches flights to Abu Dhabi International Airport
Read more: https://www.arabianaerospace.aero/goair-launches-flights-to-abu-dhabi-international-airport.html
Qatar Airways set for Paris Air Show order for its aircraft leasing business
SalamAir eyes 20 aircraft fleet and 60 destinations in 5 years
The AOC Effect Comes To Travel, Whether You Like It or Not
VistaJet Sees ‘Hub Dubai’ as Key to Global Success
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus A321LR Delivery Delays: Montreal Route Postponed, And More
Read more: https://onemileatatime.com/aer-lingus-a321lr-delivery-delays-montreal-route-postponed-and-more/
Belfast Bombardier plant given a boost with Pacific A220s order
Dublin Airport ranks 2nd place with 13 net number of new North Atlantic routes added between Jul-2012 and Jul-2019 – CAPA Aviation
GECAS Delivers AEI’s First-Ever 737-800 Converted Freighter to Ethiopian
Loganair Announces New Dublin Lake District Route
Read more: https://www.dublinairport.com/latest-news/detail/loganair-announces-new-dublin-lake-district-route
Ryanair moves spare parts from the UK to the EU in anticipation of a hard Brexit
TRAVEL Extra’s Sunday Supplement 3 March
Tweet Picks:
@CAPA_Aviation .@flyadeal CEO Con Korfiatis: “In 2004 the idea the LCCs could represent 5-10% of the aviation market in Singapore was exciting/revolutionary”. According to CAPA data in 2018 LCCs represented 30.9% of market share #CAPASummit.
@capa_india With @IndiGo6E planning to increase proportion of new fleet inductions in FY20 to be deployed on int’l routes from 30% to 50%, CAPA India is revising its domestic traffic growth forecast from 14-16% (as per annual outlook released in Feb-19) down to 12-14%. #IndianAviation.
@ghimlay .@SouthwestAir to begin Hawaii flights on 17 March, competing mostly against Hawaiian and Alaska.
@jonostrower Bombardier just announced that it flew 8,152nm non-stop with its Global 7500 from Singapore to Tucson, Arizona. The company says this is “the longest mission ever flown by a purpose-built business jet.” The flight was ~130nm shorter than SIN-EWR, the longest commercial flight.
@justinbachman Equipment, crew and gate swaps are a daily thing at airlines but today with @AlaskaAir and @SkyWestAirlines I’m experiencing my first airport swap, to SJC, due to ops constraints at @flySFO. #home #PaxEx #SiliconValley.
Video Picks:
CASA Safety Video – History of human factors
Dutch government increases share in Air France-KLM, nearly matching French stake
GEnx -2B | Boeing 747-8 Aircraft Engine | GE Aviation
Mach 5 aircraft technology | The Edge
NASA Examines Technology To Fold Aircraft Wings In Flight
