Daily Aviation Brief – 23/10/2020
Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
Certificate Program in Aircraft Technical Records Review : https://bit.ly/34PICpf
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 21 October: https://bit.ly/3dIWju2
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 21 October: https://bit.ly/2INALkx
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 21 October: https://bit.ly/3jj3v1h
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 21 October: https://bit.ly/2T9OELY
North American Newsletter 21 October: https://bit.ly/2FQFmBw
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
EI-CPG Airbus A321-200 Aer Lingus Positions to Ciudad Real:https://bit.ly/2H43q4g
EI-CPH Airbus A321-200 Aer Lingus Positions to Ciudad Real: https://bit.ly/3lY081d
SAS Airlines Ireland EI-SIC Re-Registered as SE-DYM: https://bit.ly/3dyi5Rg
Aircraft Update:
EI-FXH ATR72-202(F) c/n 229 ASL Airlines (Ireland) Ferried Shannon-Keflavik-Iqaluit-Thompson Municipal-Edmonton International 20/21-10/20.
G-LCAD Embraer 190 c/n 19000535 BA CityFlyer Delivered Warsaw-Norwich 16/10/20 ex EI-GSX.
I-NDMJ Boeing 767-306 c/n 27958 Neos Ferried Varna-Boston-Mojave 19/10/20 on return to lessor ex EI-DMJ.
Global Aviation News:
Boeing is gauging interest a new single-aisle commercial aircraft
Read more: https://www.wsj.com/articles/boeing-discussing-new-plane-as-it-starts-to-emerge-from-737-max-crisis-11603297986
Emirates SkyCargo to set up the world’s largest GDP compliant air cargo hub in Dubai for global distribution of COVID-19 vaccine
Read more: https://www.skycargo.com/media-centre/covid-19-response-emirates-skycargo-to-set-up-the-worlds-largest-gdp-compliant-air-cargo-hub-in-dubai-for-global-distribution-of-covid-19-vaccine/
Increasing Demand For Boeing 737 Conversions
Read more: https://aviationweek.com/mro/increasing-demand-boeing-737-conversions
U.S. Airport Screenings Top 1 Million: Hiccup or Signs of a Recovery?
Read more: https://airlineweekly.com/u-s-airport-screenings-top-1-million-hiccup-or-signs-of-a-recovery/
Why Alaska Airlines can’t retire its Airbus A320s all at once
Read more: https://thepointsguy.com/news/alaska-airlines-airbus-a320s-retirement/
What Next for the MAX?
Read more: https://airlineweekly.com/what-next-for-the-max/
What the Ouster of the British Airways CEO Tells Us About the State of European Airlines
Read more: https://airlineweekly.com/what-does-the-ouster-of-the-british-airways-ceo-tells-us-about-the-state-of-european-airlines/
Irish Aviation News:
Aergo Capital announces sale of two (2) Boeing 737-300 aircraft
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/aergo-capital-announces-sale-of-two-2-boeing-737-300-aircraft/
ARI wins Montenegro airports retail contract
Read more: https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/10/ari-wins-montenegro-airports-retail.html
McCarthy enters fray for Aer Lingus Regional contract
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/mccarthy-enters-fray-for-aer-lingus-regional-contract-39652992.html
Ryanair aims to fly Boeing 737 Max from ‘early next year’
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/ryanair-boeing-737-max-eddie-wilson-ethiopian-airlines-lion-air-crash-b1202055.htm
Ryanair to strengthen regional connectivity in Spain
Read more: https://www.theleader.info/2020/10/21/ryanair-to-strengthen-regional-connectivity-in-spain/
This Irish airport offered kind words of support to console a Twitter user
Read more: https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/dublin-airport-twitter-user
Tweet Picks:
@AusBT Australia will replace inbound passenger arrival cards with an app which could also contain a digital COVID vaccination certificate, if required for travel from certain countries.
@benclatworthy BREAKING: Sean Doyle, new BA chief executive, calls on govt to scrap quarantine in favour of testing before departure otherwise the “UK will get left behind” in economic recovery.
@ByERussell Boeing is gauging interest in a “single-aisle aircraft with improved engines that could carry between 200 and 250 passengers.”In other words, a new take on the 757-300. @_benkatz.
@ByERussell “It’s clear-cut that the A320 is not great for them… There’s just no where else for lessors to put those aircraft if they take them from Alaska and they’ve got their costs to cover,” says Raymond James analyst Savi Syth on Alaska Airlines A320 situation.
@ByERussell “You can’t Zoom your holiday.” Singapore Airlines hopes ‘green lane’ could help restart US travel.
Video Picks:
Air travel gaining altitude as passenger rates hit levels not seen since March
https://youtu.be/wkZMOFe3Qrc
Heathrow offers rapid coronavirus tests for outbound travelers
https://youtu.be/MpyLKNyscEA
How to Find Air-Mile Mega Deals During Covid-19 And Other Travel Tips
https://youtu.be/XNx6iHPVXAQ
Singapore-H.K. Travel Bubble ‘Really Good News’: IATA
https://youtu.be/uU9ModiabvI
Singapore Airlines to begin non-stop flights to New York from Nov 9
https://youtu.be/4xPCAIKfpTU