Daily Aviation Brief – 20/05/2020
Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 18 May: https://bit.ly/3bAVyAE
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 18 May: https://bit.ly/2X2Kh6S
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 18 May: https://bit.ly/2AyHCdu
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 18 May: https://bit.ly/3dSSBNp
North America Newsletter 18 May: https://bit.ly/3cJhpHg
Aircraft Update:
CS-TKQ Airbus A320-214 c/n 2325 Azores Airlines Ferried Woensdrecht-Lisbon 13/05/20 prior return to service ex EI-FMD.
EI-RJF RJ85 c/n 2337 Cityjet Ferried Dublin-Norwich 18/04/20.
Global Aviation News:
Air France Is Progressively Increasing Its Flight Schedule
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/air-france-is-progressively-increasing-its-flight-schedule/
Airlines Plan More International Flights To China, Expecting Coronavirus Travel Restrictions To Be Eased
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton1/2020/05/17/airlines-plan-more-international-flights-to-china-expecting-travel-restrictions-to-be-eased-during-covid-19/
Airlines Will Rise Sooner Than Expected
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4348315-airlines-will-rise-sooner-expected
Cessna SkyCourier Completes First Flight
Read more: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/business-aviation/2020-05-17/cessna-skycourier-completes-first-flight
Eurowings expands flight schedule from June
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/eurowings-expands-flight-schedule-from-june/
Greece, Germany, Italy, and Eight Other EU States Agree on Travel Zone
Read more: https://www.argophilia.com/news/greece-germany-italy-and-eight-other-eu-states-agree-on-travel-zone/226018/
Interactive Coronavirus (Covid-19) Travel Regulations Map (powered by Timatic)
Read more: https://www.iatatravelcentre.com/international-travel-document-news/1580226297.htm
Restrictions on all-cargo flights at Beijing airports lifted
Read more: http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2020-05/13/c_139053505.htm
Spirit Airlines: Ready For Liftoff
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4346289-spirit-airlines-ready-for-liftoff
The Helsinki Airport Development Programme continues: A new Terminal 2 is being built next to the old terminal building
Read more: https://www.finavia.fi/en/newsroom/2020/helsinki-airport-development-programme-continues-new-terminal-2-being-built-next-old
United Airlines Wants Back Into China But Regulatory Hurdles Remain
Read more: https://skift.com/2020/05/15/united-airlines-wants-back-into-china-but-regulatory-hurdles-remain/
Irish Aviation News:
Building Ireland: Shannon the focus of award-winning TV show
Read more: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/542406/building-ireland-shannon-the-focus-of-award-winning-tv-show.html
Council calls on State to back Kerry Airport
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/regionals/kerryman/news/council-calls-on-state-to-back-kerry-airport-39201668.html
Emirates’ Ireland boss says return to passenger flights will be ‘very, very gradual’
Read more: https://www.newstalk.com/news/emirates-ireland-boss-flying-cargo-1016221
Finnair to resume Dublin-Helsinki flights
Read more: https://www.ittn.ie/news/finnair-to-resume-dublin-helsinki-flights/
Lauda abandons plans to operate base in Croatia’s Zadar – Ryanair
Read more: https://seenews.com/news/lauda-abandons-plans-to-operate-base-in-croatias-zadar-ryanair-699180
Ryanair Full Year Profits Up 13% To €1Bn Due Stronger Revenue & 4% Traffic Growth Pre-Covid
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/ryanair-full-year-profits-up-13-to-eu1bn-due-stronger-revenue-4-traffic-growth-pre-covid/
Ryanair: 737 MAX to be key taking market share in Europe
Read more: https://www.aerotime.aero/rytis.beresnevicius/25004-ryanair-fy2020-results-737-max-update
Ryanair Taps U.K. Loan Program, Digs In for Slow Recovery
Read more: https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/ryanair-taps-u-k-loan-program-as-it-digs-in-for-slow-recovery
Taoiseach urged to support Shannon Airport’s future
Read more: https://www.clareecho.ie/taoiseach-urged-to-support-shannon-airports-future/
Tweet Picks:
@e_russell Listening to Hawaiian’s CEO Peter Ingram speak at the Wolfe Research conference. One note, no change to Hawaiian’s plans to keep flying the 717 through at least “the middle of the decade.” $HA.
@FlyingHighRyan “Billions of people travel by plane every year, yet there have only been a handful of documented disease outbreaks attributable to airplanes in the past 40 years.”
@jonostrower Piper says it now has received FAA certification of its Garmin Autoland System on the M600.
@Reuters Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia open common borders, creating the European Union’s first ‘travel bubble’ in a bid to jump-start economies.
@vanOnselenP I can’t believe the Queensland government wants to buy an airline to rival Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (QANTAS). Unprecedented….
Video Picks:
Airline bailouts distorting competition in Europe: Ryanair CEO
https://youtu.be/Inz66lSOoK8
Ryanair and Wizz Air will lead airline consolidation in Europe over next 5 years
https://youtu.be/9faZ-nXgK3U
Ryanair boss slams airport rules as ‘idiotic’
https://youtu.be/MLYjdokDUM8
Ryanair CEO Says German, French Bailouts Distort Airline Market
https://youtu.be/GDOJdRiDZEA
UK’s two-week quarantine for inbound travellers ‘a joke,’ Ryanair CEO says
https://youtu.be/BXO1GkKEMLQ