Daily Aviation Brief – 05/06/2020
Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
Acumen Announces Bermudan CAMO Approval: https://bit.ly/2zJoQAj
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 2 June: https://bit.ly/2yXcrZ5
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 2 June: https://bit.ly/36Sf4Yy
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 2 June: https://bit.ly/2MjIRQq
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 2 June: https://bit.ly/2MmftJl
North America Newsletter 2 June: https://bit.ly/2XXvHOo
Aircraft Update:
OE-IAH Boeing 737-7K2 c/n 33465 Thunderbolt Leasing Registered 27/05/20 Parked at Tallinn ex OY-JTS.
OE-IHW Boeing 777-36N c/n 32789 GECAS Ferried Sharjah-Athens 03/06/20 prior freighter conversion ex A6-EBB.
Global Aviation News:
Air New Zealand updates domestic schedule for July and August
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/air-new-zealand-updates-domestic-schedule-for-july-and-august/
Airlines Lose Billions of Dollars in the Oil-Market Casino
Read more: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-03/airlines-lose-billions-of-dollars-in-the-oil-market-casino
Alitalia resumes direct Rome New York services
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/alitalia-resumes-direct-rome-new-york-services/
Amazon Air Expands Aircraft Fleet
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/amazon-air-expands-aircraft-fleet/
Croatia Airlines in talks over Ljubljana base
Read more: https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/06/croatia-airlines-in-talks-over.html
Emirates Will Grow Etihad And FlyDubai Cooperation, But Won’t Merge
Read more: https://www.forbes.com/sites/willhorton1/2020/06/03/emirates-will-grow-etihad-and-flydubai-cooperation-but-wont-merge/#7528024a5375
Flying into the sunset: Air Canada’s last Boeing 767 operates final passenger flight
Read more:
https://www.aircanada.com/ca/en/aco/home/about/media/media-features/767-retirement.html
IndiGo to rapidly replace A320ceo fleet to save costs
Read more: https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/indigo-to-rapidly-replace-a320ceo-fleet-to-save-costs/138660.article
Wizz Air to slow fleet modernisation over next three years
Read more: https://www.flightglobal.com/airlines/wizz-air-to-slow-fleet-modernisation-over-next-three-years/138664.article
Irish Aviation News:
AerCap Holdings N.V. Announces Pricing of $1.250 Billion Aggregate Principal Amount of Senior Notes
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/aercap-holdings-n-v-announces-pricing-of-1-250-billion-aggregate-principal-amount-of-senior-notes/
Aer Lingus calls for 14-day quarantine period to be scrapped
Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2020/0604/1145492-coronavirus-travel/
Deal struck to avoid shutdown at Ryanair’s Austrian unit
Read more: https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-ryanair-austria-laudamotion/deal-struck-to-avoid-shutdown-at-ryanairs-austrian-unit-idUKKBN23B0RQ
Emirates resumes Dubai to Dublin route from 17th June
Read more: https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-offers-flights-for-passengers-to-29-cities-and-resumes-transits-through-its-dubai-hub/?sf123332041=1
Etihad Airways resumes Abu Dhabi to Dublin route from 10th June
Read more: https://www.etihad.com/en-ie/news/etihad-airways-to-offer-special-transfer-flights-connecting-key-cities-on-its-global-network
Move to one-metre social distancing, with staycations from June 29 – Ireland’s Tourism Recovery Taskforce
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/move-to-one-metre-social-distancing-with-staycations-from-june-29-irelands-tourism-recovery-taskforce-39260544.html
Qatar Airways to Resume Services to Venice and Expand Flights to Dublin, Milan and Rome
Read more: https://www.qatarairways.com/en/press-releases/2020/june/QRVCE.html?activeTag=Press-releases
State paying €8,000 per return trip to keep Donegal airport open
Read more: https://www.highlandradio.com/2020/06/04/state-paying-e8000-per-return-trip-to-keep-donegal-airport-open/
‘Summer is not yet lost’, Irish PM backs air bridges
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-ireland/summer-is-not-yet-lost-irish-pm-backs-air-bridges-idUSKBN23B232
Tweet Picks:
@airlinewriter Aviation milestone: In May, for the first time ever, China’s airlines will operate more flights than will U.S. carriers, according to Cirium.
@airlinewriter Delta praises the US decision, United says it looks forward to returning to China “when the regulatory environment allows us to do so.”
@HHAhmedBinSaeed We welcome the UAE authorities’ decision to re-open UAE airports for all connecting travellers. @Emirates and flydubai will shortly announce the resumption of passenger flights to more cities with connections to, and through, Dubai. @DXB.
@JohnLStrickland CEO Jozsef Varadi still manifests quiet confidence despite a modest slowing in growth plans. 4 new base announcements in last week is going some!.
@shamalcomms #Aviation industry could return “to some kind of normality during the course of 2021”, says Sir Tim Clark.
Video Picks:
Airlines Hold Onto Leased Planes Awaiting Demand: SMBC CEO Peter Barrett
https://youtu.be/LkliF8-PBAE
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker on the travel industry and civil unrest
https://youtu.be/HaxQCWRSjuw
Domestic airlines surge as Pres. Donald Trump looks to ban Chinese carriers
https://youtu.be/B2DbWn-pA50
What this airline analyst learned about travel demand from flying to Mexico
https://youtu.be/F8dbBf7xklk
Wizz Air CEO Sees Possible Turning Point for Aviation in June
https://youtu.be/rgzNHmYvJIQ