Acumen Aviation Newsletters:
China Aviation Industry Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/5n76a24e
India Aviation Industry Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/24wfh7z5
Irish Aircraft Leasing Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/krrnbsfh
Irish Commercial Aircraft Update: https://tinyurl.com/2bdktr78
North American Aviation Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ymv4yj4r
IrishAero News:
ASL Airlines Ireland operates A330-200F for DHL: https://tinyurl.com/369t5pdx
Bombardier Global 6500 demonstrator visits Cork Airport: https://tinyurl.com/y3x36ew5
FLY4 Airlines Bases Boeing 737-800 at Münster-Osnabrück Airport: https://tinyurl.com/rnxvyy2h
Aircraft Update:
N413GX Airbus A321-211(F) c/n 511 Petrus Aviation Ferried to Bangor 28/12/24.
2-GTQB Boeing 737-8Q8(F) c/n 30696 GOL Airlines Delivered to Belo Horizonte 16/12/24.
Global Aviation News:
Romania and Bulgaria latest to join the Schengen zone
Read more: https://www.travelextra.ie/romania-and-bulgaria-latest-to-join-the-schengen-zone/
Tui chief calls for ‘moratorium on legislation’ and review of travel regulations
Read more: https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/tui-chief-calls-for-moratorium-on-legistation-and-review-of-travel-regulations
Wizz Air forecasts return to growth in 2026 as compensation deal struck
Read more: https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/wizz-air-projects-return-to-growth-in-2026-as-compensation-deal-struck
737 Classic freighters begin flying with 9 carriers
Read more: https://cargofacts.com/allposts/fleets/737-classic-freighters-begin-flying-with-9-carriers/
8 carriers get 1st 737NG freighters in 2024
Read more: https://cargofacts.com/allposts/fleets/8-carriers-get-1st-737ng-freighters-in-2024/
Irish Aviation News:
Ryanair’s 2025 manifesto: A call for EU aviation reform
Read more: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/ryanairs-2025-manifesto-a-call-for-eu-aviation-reform/
Tourism Ireland comment on overseas tourism figures for January-November 2024
Read more: https://www.tourismireland.com/news-and-press-releases/press-releases/article/tourism-ireland-comment-on-overseas-tourism-figures-for-january-november-2024
Talk Travel – Anita Thomas & Emirates – 13th December 2024
Podcast: https://www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCityFM/talk-travel-13th-december-2024/
‘We can cater for 40 million’ – Daa CEO Kenny Jacobs
Podcast: https://www.newstalk.com/news/we-can-cater-for-40-million-daa-back-in-court-over-dublin-passenger-cap-1789798
‘Vital for an island nation’: Dalata boss weighs in on High Court’s stay on airport passenger cap [Paywall]
Read more: https://www.businesspost.ie/news/vital-for-an-island-nation-dalata-boss-weighs-in-on-high-courts-stay-on-airport-passenger-cap/
Tweet Picks:
@SimonCalder Some long-haul passengers will pay record air fares in 2025 as British Airways and Virgin Atlantic cancel routes and flights. Root of the problem: some Boeing 787 Dreamliners fitted with Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines are grounded while waiting for parts.
@SimonCalder The UK airport with most intense competition between budget airlines to Europe? Luton, where easyJet, Ryanair, Tui and Wizz Air square up against one another. From 1 April 2025, Jet2 join the fray with 17 routes including Alicante, Girona, Faro and Madeira.
@skift Overlooked secondary cities are on the radar of airline executives and network planners, as a new generation of long-haul aircraft upends traditional in-flight economics.
@theaircurrent Boeing charts ‘aggressive’ 737 Max production ramp-up in 2025.
Video Picks:
Top Travel Destinations For 2025 & Most Popular Travel Policies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCg92boiB3w
Travel trends for 2025 & Dublin airport passenger cap, Eoghan Corry on RTE This Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HmxR-Ip6_g
Willie Walsh on the Lack of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Accessibility
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4vnk57XDmA
