Daily Aviation Brief – 10/01/2022

Acumen Aviation Newsletters:

Market Insight – The Missing Piece: https://lnkd.in/e7wfTjNf

Certificate Program in Aircraft Technical Asset Management: https://bit.ly/3peFVsO

Certificate Program in Aircraft Leasing & Financing: https://bit.ly/3GYkl1v

China Aviation Industry Newsletter 4 January 2022: https://bit.ly/3eN6oaz

India Aviation Industry Newsletter 4 January 2022: https://bit.ly/3pRrueg

Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 4 January 2022: https://bit.ly/3zoWHsp

Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 4 January 2022: https://bit.ly/3zqhX15

North American Newsletter 4 January 2022: https://bit.ly/3zrgZBS

Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:

Aer Lingus re-connects Ireland to Silicon Valley with San Francisco route: https://bit.ly/3peodp1

Ryanair Group Boeing 737 MAX fleet increases to 41 aircraft at year end 2021: https://bit.ly/3HiFlAm

Turkish Airlines launches new Antalya to Dublin route for Summer 2022: https://bit.ly/3HrxHUl

Aircraft Update:

OE-LMQ Boeing 737-8 c/n 64992 AAA Max 2 Malta Registered at Mojave 04/01/22 ex SE-RYH.

SP-RZI Boeing 737-8200 c/n 62305 Buzz Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 05/01/22 in Ryanair colours.

SP-RZK Boeing 737-8200 c/n 62304 Buzz Delivered Boeing Field-Dublin 05/01/22 in Ryanair colours.

Global Aviation News:

Allegiant Air Orders Up to 100 737 MAX Jets
Read more: https://boeing.mediaroom.com/2022-01-05-Allegiant-Air-Orders-Up-to-100-737-MAX-Jets

EU Commission Aviation: slot relief rules for airlines extended
Read more: https://transport.ec.europa.eu/news/aviation-slot-relief-rules-airlines-extended-2021-12-15_en

Heathrow airfares to rise as CAA confirms interim price cap
Read more: https://www.cityam.com/uk-aviation-authority-confirms-heathrows-interim-price-cap/

IndiGo working with other industry players to address ‘long standing problem’ of high indirect taxes: Ronojoy Dutta
Read more: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/indigo-working-with-other-industry-players-to-address-long-standing-problem-of-high-indirect-taxes-ronojoy-dutta/articleshow/88372392.cms

Late Order Flurry Puts Airbus Neck and Neck With Boeing for 2021
Read more: https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/late-order-flurry-puts-airbus-neck-and-neck-with-boeing-for-2021

‘People miss travel’: IATA bullish on Asia travel rebound in 2022
Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/12/31/people-miss-travel-iata-bullish-on-asia-travel-rebound-in-2022

Singapore Airlines Signs LOI For Seven Airbus A350F Freighters Powered By The Trent XWB-97
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/singapore-airlines-signs-loi-for-seven-airbus-a350f-freighters-powered-by-the-trent-xwb-97/

United confirms all-new Polaris business class for Airbus A321XLR
Read more: https://www.executivetraveller.com/news/united-a321xlr-polaris-business-class

Irish Aviation News:

Air Nostrum CFO still interested in CityJet merger [Spanish]
Read more: https://www.eleconomista.es/empresas-finanzas/noticias/11512972/12/21/Air-Nostrum-preve-retomar-la-union-con-CityJet-congelada-despues-de-tres-anos.html

Atlantic Flight Training Academy Expands its Waterford Facility
Read more: https://afta.ie/afta-opens-new-aircraft-maintenance-hangar-at-waterford-airport/

Canada Jetlines Receives First A320-200 Aircraft from Jackson Square Aviation
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/canada-jetlines-receives-first-a320-200-aircraft-from-jackson-square-aviation/

daa appoints Andrea Carroll as group head of sustainability
Read more: https://ittn.ie/news/daa-appoints-andrea-carroll-as-group-head-of-sustainability/

EI-HGW Boeing 737-8200 Ryanair at Renton
Read more: https://boefamily.flights/737/EIHGW

Eurocontrol says Irish air travel ‘worst affected’ in Europe last year
Read more: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/eurocontrol-says-irish-air-travel-worst-affected-in-europe-last-year-1.4767911

Ryanair December Traffic Rises To 9.5m Guests
Read more: https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-december-traffic-rises-to-9-5m-guests/?market=ie

Tweet Picks:

@ByERussell Allegiant’s firm Max order is split between 30 737-7s and 20 737-8200s, per Cowen. $ALGT.

@ByERussell Allegiant Air is proving a willingness to make out-of-the-box moves. The all-Airbus operator has ordered up to 100 Boeing 737 Maxes in its largest ever new aircraft order.

@ByERussell The order comes a month after Allegiant unveiled a unique proposed budget airline JV with Mexican discounter Viva Aerobus.

@ByERussell Italy is the latest European country to consider rules that would suspend flights on routes where a train serves the market in under 2.5 hours. An analysis by @eonard_berberi finds that only 4 domestic routes could be at risk.

@ByERussell Latest financial forecast for a restructured LATAM Airlines Group. Anticipates a profit by 2024, and growing to $614mn by 2026. Analysis is based on the current plan, and assumes a 30 June 2022 Chapter 11 exit.

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