Daily Aviation Brief – 14/07/2020
Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 13 July: https://bit.ly/2Weguso
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 13 July: https://bit.ly/3ekmQwl
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 13 July: https://bit.ly/3eqAP3I
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 13 July: https://bit.ly/32brfiK
North American Newsletter 13 July: https://bit.ly/2ZmAefa
Aircraft Update:
EI-DAA Airbus A330-202 c/n 397 Aer Lingus Ferried Shannon-Ciudad Real 11/07/20 for onward storage.
EI-GGL Boeing 737-8 MAX c/n 64607 Air Italy Ferried Milan Malpensa-Budapest 10/07/20 for onward storage.
EI-GTF Embraer 190LR c/n 19000539 BA Cityflyer Delivered Guangzhou-Bandaranaike-Muscat-Cairo-Amsterdam-Warsaw 09/10-07/20 to become G-LCAE.
Global Aviation News:
Aena’s New Incentive Scheme
Read more: https://www.anna.aero/2020/07/09/aenas-new-incentive-scheme/
Airlines Aren’t OPEC: Don’t Count on Supply DisciplinRead more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/airlines-arent-opec-dont-count-on-supply-discipline-11594128551
Best Of The Banter: Our PBB Interview With American Airlines’ Vasu Raja
Read more: https://www.planeperspectives.com/2020/07/07/best-of-the-banter-our-pbb-interview-with-american-airlines-vasu-raja/
Emirates and flydubai move close to merger, Emirates CCO says
Read more: https://www.aerotime.aero/rytis.beresnevicius/25369-emirates-flydubai-deeper-cooperation
Furloughs at U.S. legacy airlines could help low-cost carriers like Southwest
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-airlines-costs-analysis/furloughs-at-u-s-legacy-airlines-could-help-low-cost-carriers-like-southwest-idUSKBN249331
Icelandair to Operate Charter Flights Between US and Armenia
Read more: https://www.icelandreview.com/business/icelandair-to-operate-charter-flights-between-us-and-armenia/
Seventy-Five Years Since First International Flight from Iceland
Read more: https://www.icelandreview.com/travel/seventy-five-years-since-first-international-flight-from-iceland/
United Airlines will return Boeing 787s to LAX even as it plans for a skeletal autumn schedule
Read more: https://thepointsguy.com/news/united-airlines-lax-autumn-schedule/
Wizz Air delays Belgrade expansion by a month
Read more: https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/07/wizz-air-delays-belgrade-expansion-by.html
Irish Aviation News:
Eamonn Brennan Director General of Eurocontrol: Episode 370 An Irishman Abroad
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/an-irishman-abroad/id683760002?i=1000484332148
Final Report: Incident involving a Gulfstream Aeroplane, (EI-JSK) Overhead Waterford, 7 July 2019. Report 2020-011
Read more: http://www.aaiu.ie/node/1463
Queen’s University charters plane for Chinese students
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-53335074
Rescue 116 Air to Air Photos
Read more: https://flyinginireland.com/2020/07/rescue-116-air-to-air-photos/
Several Retail inMotion fresh food suppliers boost hygiene standards during COVID-19
Read more: https://www.retailinmotion.com/news/rim-fresh-food-suppliers-covid-19/
Stobart Air only saved to prevent group ‘collapse’ – MD
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/stobart-air-onlysaved-to-prevent-group-collapse-md-39346410.html
2019 regulated entity accounts – Dublin Airport
Read more: https://www.aviationreg.ie/news/2019-regulated-entity-accounts-dublin-airport.970.html
10 Strategies that 25 Leading Airlines Use to Increase Traveller Confidence – CarTawler
Read more: https://www.cartrawler.com/ct/ancillary-revenue/covid-19-survey-of-25-leading-airlines-identifies-global-use-of-ten-strategies-to-increase-traveller-confidence/
Tweet Picks:
@byerussell “Our break-even load factor at $35 fuel is like 25%. But then when fuel went into the tank – that number dropped to 9%.” A 9% break-even load factor. Wow.
@byerussell United Airlines will return Boeing 787s to LAX even as it plans for a skeletal autumn schedule.
@decfryan Eamonn is another unsung hero of Irish Aviation.
@EndaCorneille Steady Climb…Dublin – Dubai increasing to 4 flights per week from 2 Aug – Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun #Emirates #flyemiratesflybetter #avgeeks.
@winglets747 Hong Kong could have a new airline from Huang Chubiao, who also leads the mainland’s Donghai Airlines. Proposed “Bauhinia Airlines” fills void after Cathay-HK Express consolidation, HKA downsizing.
Video Picks:
C-17 pilots perform Fantastic Touch and Go on Wet Runway
https://youtu.be/me2bJGpl-xQ
Delta CEO weighs in on the post-pandemic future of airlines
https://youtu.be/N9e-QT5Gw4I
Our Experience Flying Spirit Airlines During COVID-19 Pandemic
https://youtu.be/Uy1WoTlK3TE
Ride Report: Airline Recovery Forecast
https://youtu.be/8nlyz8QVEu8
Starting Radial Engines with Buffalo Joe
https://youtu.be/eyPVVrtLpAo