Daily Aviation Brief – 23/09/2020
Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
Certificate Aircraft Mid-Term Lease Inspection Course: https://bit.ly/336SkTf
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 21 September: https://bit.ly/3mCCJnj
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 21 September: https://bit.ly/2FVZ3rj
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 21 September: https://bit.ly/2ZVdgvv
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 21 September: https://bit.ly/2Ek2GGW
North American Newsletter 21 September: https://bit.ly/3cfR7x9
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
European Aviation Wellbeing Committee (EAWC) and BeFit2Fly Ltd Announce Strategic Partnership: https://bit.ly/2RGgkYb
GainJet Ireland gains another Gulfstream G550: https://bit.ly/3kclYNU
SONAS Aviation rebrands as ACASS Ireland adds second Challenger 605: https://bit.ly/2GW4VkM
South African carrier Airlink represented by AVIAREPS in Ireland: https://bit.ly/35VcKBv
Aircraft Update:
A7-ACO Airbus A330-202 c/n 511 Qatar Airways Ferried Doha-Teruel 18/09/20 for onward storage ex EI-GGO.
M-ABLW Airbus A330-302 c/n 1370 Norwind Airlines Painted at Dublin 13/09/20 prior delivery.
OE-ILU Airbus A320-214 c/n 2658 GECAS Registered 11/09/20 Parked at Ostrava ex EC-MBK
Global Aviation News:
Improving Indian skies will help airline efficiency
Read more: https://airlines.iata.org/news/improving-indian-skies-will-help-airline-efficiency
JetBlue Plans to Add Four Nonstop Routes from Hartford’s Bradley International Airport
Read more:
Pegasus Launches Flights to Karachi, Pakistan
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/pegasus-launches-flights-to-karachi-pakistan/
Southwest Airlines CEO says Miami push part of long-term strategy, not ‘pandemic play’
Read more: https://thepointsguy.com/news/southwest-airlines-ceo-gary-kelly-miami-pandemic-play/
TAP Air Portugal adds six new Europe and Africa routes for Summer 2021
Read more: https://www.anna.aero/2020/09/14/tap-air-portugal-adds-six-new-europe-and-africa-routes-for-s21/
This Delta A321 won’t be domesticated
Read more: https://paxex.aero/2020/07/delta-air-lines-a321-international/
2020 in numbers: The year of freighters and preighters
Read more: https://www.aircargonews.net/freighters-world/2020-in-numbers-the-year-of-freighters-and-preighters/
Irish Aviation News:
Chorus Aviation Delivers Third Airbus A220-300 Aircraft to airBaltic
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/chorus-aviation-delivers-third-airbus-a220-300-aircraft-to-airbaltic/
DFA: Evacuating 8,000 stranded Irish during pandemic was biggest challenge ever faced
Read more: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40051919.html
Groups representing Irish Tourism and aviation players demand that von der Leyen end EU travel chaos
Read more: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/tourism-and-aviation-players-demand-that-von-der-leyen-end-eu-travel-chaos-1.4361635
Irish Government’s view on travel one of most extreme in Europe – Wille Walsh
Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2020/0922/1166777-willie-walsh-on-aviation-industry/
Millennia Aviation partners with Banat Caransebes Airport to develop the first drone corridor in Eastern Europe
Read more: https://business-review.eu/news/br-exclusive-millennia-aviation-partners-with-banat-caransebes-airport-to-develop-the-first-drone-corridor-in-eastern-europe-213273
Minister for Defence and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, T.D., Visits Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel to mark the arrival of three new PC-12 NG Spectre aircraft for the Air Corps
Read more: https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Minister_for_Defence_and_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_Simon_Coveney_T_D_Visits_Casement_Aerodrome_in_Baldonnel_to_mark_the_arrival_of_three_new_PC-12_NG_Spectre_aircraft_for_the_Air_Corps.html
Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D Announces Appointment of IAA Aviation Regulator
Read more: https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/4dabe-appointment-of-iaa-aviation-regulator/
Ryanair Expands Service From Liverpool to Vilnius With Three Weekly Flights From 25 October
Read more: https://www.breitflyte.com/post/ryanair-expands-service-from-liverpool-to-vilnius-with-three-weekly-flights-from-october-25-2020
Tweet Picks:
@byerussell ICYMI: Alaska continues to “rerack” map with 5 new #LAX and Palm Springs routes.
@byerussell Delta plans to resume long-haul flying from Minneapolis/St. Paul for the first time since the pandemic with four-times-weekly service to Amsterdam on Oct. 25 @KristenPainter.
@byerussell Finland will trial coronavirus-sniffing dogs at Helsinki airport @rick_n.
@byerussell JetBlue unveils new ‘streamers’ tail for its Airbus A321LRs that will take it to London.
@SpaethFlies EXCLUSIVE Very last flight ever out of @berlinairport TXL will be on Sunday 8 November @airfrance AF1235, an A319, leaving at 15.00 local to CDG. Not bookable currently, but confirmed. Terminals and terrace will be open to the public on Nov 8 #avgeek.
Video Picks:
Airbus Introducing #ZEROe
https://youtu.be/525YtyRi_Vc
Air India would face closure if not privatised: Hardeep Singh Puri
https://youtu.be/erI3__qH5dQ
Aviation Hardtalk Live with IAG’s Founding CEO, Willie Walsh
https://youtu.be/1MRVHc_q1wE
GE CEO sees positive cash flow in second half of 2020
https://youtu.be/JZwa3gN9fXA
Global Crossing Airlines Corporate Update
https://youtu.be/lTDqcWKz898