Daily Aviation Brief – 11/02/2020
Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
Acumen Aviation Launches Aircraft Maintenance Reserve Course: http://bit.ly/2upZ7tK
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 10 February: http://bit.ly/31HgOBf
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 10 February: http://bit.ly/2ULVXv4
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 10 February: http://bit.ly/2OFatkM
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 10 February: http://bit.ly/37eUikD
North America Newsletter 10 February: http://bit.ly/37bbZRT
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Ryanair’s Buzz subsidiary fleet to grow to 50 Boeing 737-800 aircraft in Summer 2020: http://bit.ly/37e5jma
Ryanair’s Laudamotion fleet to grow to 38 Airbus A320’s in Summer 2020: http://bit.ly/39fboQy
Ryanair to scale up Malta based subsidiary Malta Air to 120 Boeing 737-800 fleet: http://bit.ly/2SuoouZ
Aircraft Update:
N916SC Boeing 737‑86J(F) c/n 30498 iAero Airways Ferried Opa Locka-Shannon-Tel Aviv in DHL colours ex EI-RUA.
OE-IED Airbus A330-343 c/n 1447 Seraph Aviation Management Ferried Ciudad Real Central Airport-Nîmes 10/02/20 ex 9V-STW.
OE-IIB Airbus A321-231 c/n 1008 ALS Aircraft Leasing Registered 06/02/20 Parked at Montpellier ex TC-AGS.
2-PAOH Airbus A330-203 c/n 811 Aircastle Ferried Lourdes-Shannon-San Bernardino International 11/02/20 for part-out & scrap ex AP-BMI.
2-ATRC ATR72-212A(600) c/n 1033 Nordic Aviation Capital Ferried Mönchengladbach-Dinard 10/02/20 ex B-22815.
Global Aviation News:
Boeing Puts Brave Face on Asia-Pac Narrowbody Prospects
Read more: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-02-07/boeing-puts-brave-face-asia-pac-narrowbody-prospects
Embraer E195-E2 Debuts in Singapore
Read more: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-02-08/embraer-e195-e2-debuts-singapore
Emirates 777 crash probe revisits pilot awareness of design logic
Read more: https://www.flightglobal.com/safety/emirates-777-crash-probe-revisits-pilot-awareness-of-design-logic/136614.article
Emirates airline, Etihad Airways main drivers of UAE awareness in US, says Yousef Al Otaiba
Read more: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/politics-economics/439331-emirates-airline-etihad-airways-main-drivers-of-uae-awareness-in-us-says-yousef-al-otaiba
Egypt to Western Europe aviation: easyJet leads LCCs back
Read more: https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/egypt-to-western-europe-aviation-easyjet-leads-lccs-back-512526
Viva Air Receives Enthusiastic Welcome Upon Its Return To Cali, Colombia
Read more: https://www.financecolombia.com/viva-air-receives-enthusiastic-welcome-upon-its-return-to-cali-colombia/
With the phase-out of A330, what is the future Etihad fleet?
Read more: https://www.aerotime.aero/aerotime.team/24523-with-the-phase-out-of-a330-what-is-the-future-etihad-fleet
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus Regional staff get majority stake because of Brexit
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/media-and-marketing/aer-lingus-regional-staff-get-majority-stake-because-of-brexit-1.4167090
Airline industry healthy enough to absorb significant downturn in China’s economy: IAG CEO Willie Walsh
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-qatar-aviation/airline-industry-healthy-enough-to-absorb-significant-downturn-in-chinas-economy-iag-ceo-idUSKBN1ZZ0V0
Despite Costs, Embraer’s Slattery Shows Patience on Boeing JV
Read more: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2020-02-06/despite-costs-embraers-slattery-shows-patience-boeing-jv
IAG CEO Willie Walsh says coronavirus impact on air travel demand will be marginal
Read more: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/iag-ceo-says-coronavirus-impact-082351882.html
Ireland West Airport announces 2020 Charity partners and launches annual 5km Runway Fun Run
Read more: https://irelandwestairport.com/news/ireland-west-airport-announces-2020-charity-partners-and-launches-annual-5km-runway-fun-run
Malta’s airport: doubling in area as Malta Air prepares to take of
Read more: https://centreforaviation.com/analysis/reports/maltas-airport-doubling-in-area-as-malta-air-prepares-to-take-off-512141
O’Leary says Ireland is ‘penal’ amid move to cut workers’ tax
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/oleary-says-ireland-is-penal-amid-move-to-cut-workers-tax-38936900.html
Ryanair ads banned in UK for misleading environmental claims
Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0205/1113225-ryanair-ads-banned-in-uk/
With or Without Walsh, British Air Parent Will Welcome Back Boeing’s Max
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/boeing-s-embattled-max-gets-key-win-in-first-post-grounding-deal
Tweet Picks:
@CAPA_Aviation IAG, CEO, Willie Walsh: We need strong competition between the manufacturers, we only have two, in reality #CAPASummit.
@CAPA_Aviation .@QatarAirways Group CEO, H.E. Akbar Al Baker: “At Qatar Airways, we believe in connecting people with no borders, only horizons”.
@CAPA_Aviation .@qatarairways Group CEO, H.E. Akbar Al Baker: It is time to move from liberalisation on paper to liberalisation in practice #CAPASummit.
@e_russell “You can’t talk about Sun Country without talking about Minneapolis. It’s a great home market,” Sun Country CEO Jude Bricker opens his talk at #RoutesAmericas.
@e_russell “While it would an exaggeration to say that [Singapore Airlines] and the A380 is a love story that turned sour, it is certainly true that the aircraft never quite achieved the high expectations Airbus had when the airline signed up.” @MaxK_J.
Video Picks:
About 5% of US international flights may be impacted by coronavirus: Economist
https://youtu.be/id6voJuvCyc
Airline Industry Has Strength and Resilience, Says AAPA’s Herdman
https://youtu.be/Ze-How1_fU4
Behind The Steps – Turkish Airlines
https://youtu.be/z3J7eDpZ6qk
Phoenix Sky Harbor relocating all airlines out of Terminal 2
https://youtu.be/hWrOL4vj-Io
Storm Ciara: Transatlantic flight smashes records
https://youtu.be/oRRij6ZM7T0