Squawk 7000 – Aviation News Week starting April 24th

Welcome to Squawk 7000’s weekly round-up of aviation news, brought to you in partnership with Flying In Ireland.com, starting April 24. Remember to subscribe and keep us your top choice for Ireland’s aviation podcast, delivering news to your device every Monday morning. Last weekend’s Birr Fly-In is one of this week’s top headlines, having raised €13,600 for SVP in Birr. This brings the total raised to just over €335,600. The next breakfast fly-in for general aviation pilots is scheduled for April 30 at 10:00 am at the ILAS Field in Wexford.

In other news, Dublin-based Acumen Aviation announced that its CAMO business has been awarded IAA Airbus A320neo family (A319/320/321) CAMO approval. Aer Lingus is moving its JFK operations from Terminal 5 to Terminal 7, hosting flights to Dublin, Manchester, and Shannon. This move follows British Airways’ recent relocation to Terminal 8, and Etihad has begun flying its new Airbus A350 from Dublin to Abu Dhabi, offering more seats for business and economy passengers.

Mark Dwyer
Mark Dwyerhttps://flyinginireland.com
Mark is an airline pilot flying the Boeing 737 for a major European airline. In addition he is also a Type Rating Instructor, Type Rating Examiner and Base Training Captain on the B737. Outside of commercial flying Mark enjoys flying light aircraft from the smallest 3 Axis microlights up to heavier singles. He is also an instructor and EASA Examiner on single engines and a UK CAA Examiner. He flies the Chipmunk for the Irish Historic Flight Foundation (IHFF). Mark became the Chairman of the National Microlight Association of Ireland (NMAI) in 2013 and has overseen a massive growth in the organisation. In this role he has worked at local and national levels. In 2015, Mark won ‘Upcoming Aviation Professional Award’ at the Aviation Industry Awards sponsored by the IAA. Mark launched this website back in 2002 while always managing the website, he has also been Editor and Deputy Editor of FlyingInIreland Magazine from 2005 to 2015.

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