Daily Aviation Brief – 09/12/2020
Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
Acumen Launches New Digital Success Advisory (DSA) Service: https://bit.ly/2VqRPQl
Certificate Program in Aircraft Technical Records Review During Redelivery: https://bit.ly/36GNVIn
China Aviation Industry Newsletter 7 December: https://bit.ly/3gujREw
India Aviation Industry Newsletter 7 December: https://bit.ly/36S3AFY
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 7 December: https://bit.ly/2VOTi3b
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 7 December: https://bit.ly/3ovaIhv
North American Newsletter 7 December: https://bit.ly/37MiXPs
Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:
Aer Lingus announces new Santorini route for Summer 2021: https://bit.ly/3qvPd1W
Ryanair grows its firm Boeing 737 MAX order book to 210 aircraft: https://bit.ly/36HRf7r
Ryanair Resumes Dublin-Santorini Route For Summer 2021: https://bit.ly/2VM9wdo
Aircraft Update:
EI-FGH Boeing 717-200 c/n 55169 Volotea Ferried Venice-Stavanger-Keflavík-Goose Bay-Winnipeg-Victorville 30/11-02/12/20 on return to lessor.
EI-GTJ Airbus A320-214 c/n 4312 VivaAeroBus Delivered Goodyear-MTY 18/11/20 to become XA-VAI.
EI-NYE Boeing 787-9 c/n 38756 Neos painted at Dublin 03/12/20 prior delivery ex LN-LNX. Delivered to Milan-MXP on 08/12/20
N115NB Embraer 190 c/n 19000115 Nordic Aviation Capital Ferried Tuscan-San Jose 01/12/20 for Breeze Airways.
Global Aviation News:
AEI Receives FAA Approval for Split Scimitar Winglets for B737-800SF
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/aei-receives-faa-approval-for-split-scimitar-winglets-for-b737-800sf/
Emirates, Etihad ‘can work together’ to meet post-Covid air travel demand
Read more: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/transport/455366-emirates-etihad-can-work-together-to-meet-post-covid-air-travel-demand
Indian carriers add more flights to the UAE amid surge in December demand
Read more: https://www.arabianbusiness.com/transport/455301-indian-carriers-add-more-flights-to-the-uae-amid-surge-in-december-demand
Qatar Airways Cargo Commences Passenger Freighters to Harstad – Narvik in Northern Norway
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/qatar-airways-cargo-commences-passenger-freighters-to-harstad-narvik-in-northern-norway/
Singapore Airlines And Vistara Deepen Commercial Partnership
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/singapore-airlines-and-vistara-deepen-commercial-partnership/
State aid: Commission approves €11.7 million Croatian grant to compensate Croatia Airlines for damage caused by coronavirus outbreak
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/state-aid-commission-approves-eu11-7-million-croatian-grant-to-compensate-croatia-airlines-for-damage-caused-by-coronavirus-outbreak/
The joint report from EASA & ECDC on how travelling within Europe doesn’t pose a significant additional risk & proposing that travellers should be treated the same way as the local population
Read more:
Wizz Air CEO: 13 new bases and 260 new routes since pandemic started
Read more: https://www.anna.aero/2020/12/02/routes-reconnected-wizz-air-ceo-13-new-bases-and-260-new-routes-since-pandemic-started/
Irish Aviation News:
Our post-Covid recovery cannot take off until the air travel industry does writes Joe Gill
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/our-post-covid-recovery-cannot-take-off-until-the-air-travel-industry-does-39827542.html
RocDoc to open Covid testing centre at Ireland West Airport
Read more: https://www.irelandwestairport.com/news/rocdoc-to-open-covid-testing-centre-at-ireland-west-airport
Ryanair and Cork airport in talks about opening base for next summer
Read more: https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/companies/arid-40148930.html
Ryanair reports 82% decline in November traffic
Read more: https://seekingalpha.com/news/3640766-ryanair-reports-82-decline-in-november-traffic?mail_subject=ryaay-ryanair-reports-82-decline-in-november-traffic
The Economic Impact of Cargo Night Flying at Dublin Airport
Read more: https://www.ftai.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Air-Cargo-Night-Flying-FINAL.pdf
We are completely out of step with what is happening in the rest of Europe – Travel Talk with Ed Finn
Podcast: https://www.sunshineradio.ie/podcasts/travel-talk/episode/we-are-completely-out-of-step-with-what-is-happening-in-the-rest-of-europe/
50,000 people to fly home for Christmas
Read more: https://www.independent.ie/world-news/coronavirus/50000-people-to-fly-home-for-christmas-39828295.html
Tweet Picks:
@jonostrower So, in short, when N757AF moves to maintenance in Louisiana, the airplane is being prepared to fly Trump as a private citizen.
@jonostrower Sweden, Russia are out. China is looking unlikely. India and/or South Korea check a lot of boxes for Embraer’s turboprop partnership.
@OpenJawTech As of October, every third ticket that the Lufthansa Group distributes by an intermediary is sold as a so-called “new distribution capability,” or #airlineNDC, ticket @skift.
@OpenJawTech The airline market is tiny (105m pax) compared to the long distance bus market (3bn pax) in Mexico. @flyvolaris has a lot of growth potential says CEO Enrique Beltranena @CAPA #CAPALive.
@Rotorfocus This is the current #ATARES exchange rates used by European Air Transport command who have operational control over the transport fleets of Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Spain. C-130 Flight Hour is the baseline. One A400M FH is worth 2 C-130 FH etc.
Video Picks:
How airlines are working to convince travelers that the Boeing 737 Max is safe
https://youtu.be/VytIHapNpFA
IDFOC Webinar: Ireland’s Air Capability
https://youtu.be/DAH3nC8UxKM
Price will fill the Boeing Max Eoghan Corry on RTE six one
https://youtu.be/fDAvhwekJck
JetBlue will be selling 35M shares to raise $540M in cash
https://youtu.be/X_MLkYLnN4Q
Knock Airport Vital to West’s Economic Recovery
https://youtu.be/aX1x1bymYZ4