Daily Aviation Brief – 18/01/2022

Acumen Aviation Newsletters:

SPARTA Monthly Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3qh1f1j

China Aviation Industry Newsletter 17 January: https://bit.ly/3KmDNYy

India Aviation Industry Newsletter 17 January: https://bit.ly/3nxLIbH

Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter 17 January: https://bit.ly/3A8b5pt

Irish Commercial Aircraft Update 17 January: https://bit.ly/33ooNZn

North American Newsletter 17 January: https://bit.ly/3qA57dV

Irish Aviation Research Institute Blog Posts:

Edelweiss connects Cork to Zurich for Summer 2022: https://bit.ly/3JVKm46

First Smartwings Boeing 737 MAX visits Dublin Airport: https://bit.ly/33dSmfV

SP-RZI, SP-RZK Boeing 737-8200 Delivered to Buzz: https://bit.ly/3JQLyFG

Aircraft Update:

D-AAAQ Airbus A330-243 c/n 1451 Castlelake Ferried Lourdes-San Bernardino International 06/01/22 ex V5-ANO.

D-AAAS Airbus A330-243 c/n 1466 Castlelake Ferried Lourdes-San Bernardino International 06/01/22 ex V5-ANP.

EI-HAI Boeing 787-9 c/n 38789 Norse Atlantic Airways Delivered Shannon-Oslo 10/01/22 ex G-CKWD.

Global Aviation News:

AEI Receives ETOPS 180 Approval For The Boeing 737-800SF
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/aei-receives-etops-180-approval-for-the-b737-800sf/

AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes says international travel will bounce back strongly despite omicron impact
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/11/airasia-ceo-global-travel-will-bounce-back-strongly-despite-omicron.html

Air India under Tatas could be ‘big game-changer’ for Indian aviation
Read more: https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/air-india-under-tatas-could-be-big-game-changer-for-indian-aviation-7938151.html

David Neeleman’s Startup Breeze Rankles Pilots Union With Australia Workaround
Read more: https://skift.com/2022/01/13/david-neelemans-startup-breeze-rankles-pilots-union-with-australia-workaround/

Delta CEO Ed Bastian Predicts Omicron Peak Will Mark Shift to an Endemic Covid-19
Read more: https://skift.com/2022/01/13/delta-ceo-predicts-omicron-peak-will-mark-shift-to-an-endemic-for-covid-19/

Delta Air Lines Sees Better Days Ahead
Read more: https://skift.com/2022/01/14/daily-podcast-delta-air-lines-sees-better-days-ahead/

Empire Holdings, Inc., buys FedEx feeder West Air, Inc.
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/empire-holdings-inc-buys-fedex-feeder-west-air-inc/

Irish Aviation News:

Avolon delivers one Boeing 737 MAX 8 to GOL Airlines
Read more: https://www.avolon.aero/newsroom-and-thoughts/5th-Avolon-aircraft-on-lease-to-Gol

Consumer Confidence in Travel Soars since the lifting of travel restrictions – Aer Lingus
Read more: https://mediacentre.aerlingus.com/news/14012022/consumer-confidence-in-travel-soars-since-the-lifting-of-travel-restrictions

Deucalion Aviation Limited: 2021 aircraft sale and leasing transactions highlights
Read more: https://newsroom.aviator.aero/deucalion-aviation-limited-2021-aircraft-sale-and-leasing-transactions-highlights/

Donegal Airport MD Eilish Doherty wants to bring numbers back to 2019 levels
Read more: https://highlandradio.com/2022/01/11/donegal-airport-md-wants-to-bring-numbers-back-to-2019-levels/

Emerald Airlines Sees ‘Huge Opportunity’ At Belfast City
Read more: https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/297377/emerald-airlines-sees-huge-opportunity-at-belfast-city/

Fraport is planning new gate operations even without Ryanair
Read more: https://www.hessenschau.de/wirtschaft/fraport-plant-neuen-flugsteig-betrieb-auch-ohne-ryanair,flughafen-frankfurt-ryanair-100.html

Ireland scraps testing requirement making it one of the easier destinations for Americans
Read more: https://thepointsguy.com/news/ireland-reopening/

Ryanair issues stinging rebuke to Lufthansa ‘ghost flights’ claim
Read more: https://corporate.ryanair.com/news/ryanair-solves-lufthansas-ghost-flight-problem-just-sell-the-seats-to-consumers-at-low-fares/?market=en

Tweet Picks:

@AirbusPRESS Airbus logs first 2022 order: 22 #A220 (including 2 #ACJTwoTwenty) for @AzorraAviation.

@ByERussell Another move to capture more of the corporate travel market from Southwest Airlines: Flights are now available on Kayak for Business. $LUV.

@ByERussell Boeing delivered 340 commercial aircraft in 2021. An increase from 2020, but just over half of the 611 Airbus delivered. $BA.

@ByERussell Boeing is stuck between customers and the FAA fixing undelivered 787s, and getting its new Max 7s and 10s, and 777X out the door, writes @crankyflier.

@ByERussell Boeing is at a “pivotal” moment where it needs to make a decision on whether or not develop a mid-market aircraft. Airbus has, so far, run away with the segment with its A321neo family.

Video Picks:

As long as airline demand returns to summer-levels, things should be good: Conor Cunningham, MKM Partners executive director