Aircraft Update:
OE-ICY Boeing 737-85R c/n 42804 Avolon Registered 16/04/19 prior ferry ex HYD ex VT-JFY.
OE-LON Airbus A320-214 c/n 3048 Laudamotion registered at Jakarta 16/04/19 prior delivery ex RP-C3243.
LY-ELK Airbus A320-232 c/n 2077 GetJet Airlines Registered at Shannon 16/04/19 all white after paint prior delivery ex OE-IHR.
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Irish Aviation News:
Calls for direct flights between Ireland and India
Chorus Aviation Announces Leasing Transaction with SpiceJet of India
Helipad at UHG records almost half of medical helicopter missions nationwide last year
Lisburn aerospace firm Causeway Aero Group to create 17 jobs after securing £500k investment
NAC delivered one ATR 72-600, MSN 1080, to PT Transnusa Aviation Mandiri on lease
Ryanair opens new flights from Odesa to Poland
Ryanair selects Boxever to enhance customer experience
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@Airlineroute Various Chinese carriers applied for frequency allocation for over 100 routes between China and Korea. The frequency application also includes planned frequency increase.
@e_russell Interesting – the ROIC on the 777-300ERs that United will take delivery of this year is in the “mid-teens”, or “well above” the airline’s cost of capital, says CFO Laderman. $UAL.
@e_russell United still expects to take its remaining #737Max deliveries this year, even as the type is grounded, says Laderman. It has ~15 737 Max 9 deliveries scheduled in Q2 and Q3.
@jetairways With deep sadness and a heavy heart we would like to share that, effective immediately, we will be suspending all our domestic and international flight operations.
@krisvancleave .@SouthwestAir says it expects approx 160 cancellations a day during the summery because of the Max out of 4200+ daily flights, @AmericanAir expects ~115 cancels a day out of nearly 7,000 flights a day. @united hasn’t given us a number but were operating ~40 Max flights a day.
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