Aircraft Update:
A6-FDQ Boeing 737-8KN c/n 40244 Sun Country Airlines Ferried Palma-Shannon 27/03/19 after paint prior delivery.
N832SY Boeing 737-8KN c/n 40243 Sun Country Airlines Delivered Shannon-Bangor-Chicago Rockford 27/06/19 ex A6-FDP.
2-ATRG ATR72-212A(600) c/n 1261 Nordic Aviation Capital Ferried Mönchengladbach-Bydgoszcz 27/03/19 ex B-22822.
OY-YCL ATR72-212A(600) c/n 1458 Nordic Aviation Capital Ferried Bydgoszcz-Billund 27/03/19 ex F-WWEG.
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Irish Aviation News:
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@airlinewriter Stifel analyst says the collapse of WOW Air helps US carriers and especially @united because the LCC had a larger share of traffic between Iceland and UA hubs than to hubs of @Delta and @AmericanAir.
@e_russell “Airbus A330 head of marketing Crawford Hamilton says – with a wry smile – ‘it’s fantastic’ that [Delta] will operate the new Airbus big-twin from its hub in Seattle, the home of rival Boeing.
@e_russell “Frankfurt, we believe, has reached its limit of growth,” says Lufthansa chief Spohr. The airline’s dual A350 and 787 orders will be used for growth in Munich, Vienna and Zurich.
@ghimlay New business class seats on LATAM Peru 767. Those dividers are fixed on the 767s, but will be moveable on the 777s, says LATAM’s SVP Claudia Sender.
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