Acumen Blogs & Newsletters:
Read more: https://www.acumen.aero/blogs
IrishAero News:
Aer Lingus Expands Airbus A321LR/A321XLR Operations
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ycyytswa
Airline Flight Academy Celebrates Major Milestone
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/bddr6fnv
FLY4 Airlines launches operations from Belfast International
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4hc5z43k
Aircraft Update:
N961NK Airbus A320-271N c/n 11003 SMBC Aviation Capital Ferried Goodyear-Bangor-Dublin 10-11/06/26 in Spirit Airlines colours.
OE-ILD Airbus A320-232 c/n 4109 Horizon II Aviation Registered at Prague 11/06/26 ex 9H-MLP.
Global Aviation News:
Emirates launches world’s most comprehensive travel insurance
Read more: https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-launches-worlds-most-comprehensive-travel-insurance/
Iberia launches Toronto route as new Airbus A321XLR service debuts with 95% load factor
LATAM launches first direct Belgium–Brazil flights, reconnecting Brussels to Latin America
‘Light At End Of Tunnel’ For 737 MAX Certification, Ortberg Says
Lufthansa Group and ANA to add ITA Airways to their Europe Japan Joint Venture
Mada Airways looks to launch operations from northern Lebanon
Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/mada-airways-looks-to-launch-operations-from-northern-lebanon
Moldova now home to 10 747-400 freighters
Read more: https://cargofacts.com/allposts/fleets/moldova-now-home-to-10-747-400-freighters/
Modern Aviation Breaks Ground at Meacham International, Fort Worth, TX
Wallonia invests in aviation skills with acquisition of MD-83 training aircraft
Wizz Air To Retain All 11 Airbus A321XLRs
Read more: https://airinsight.com/wizz-air-to-retain-all-11-airbus-a321xlrs/
Irish Aviation News:
Dublin Airport passenger cap to be lifted – Darragh O’Brien, Minister for Transport
Podcast: https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22621758/
Mayo airport preparing for next chapter of its remarkable success story
Memoir of an airline’s first 50 years – Bill Maxwell’s Chronology 1936-1988 – Lingus@90
Read more: https://www.travelextra.ie/aer-lingus90-bill-maxwells-chronology-1936-1988/
More spend but shorter trips, key takeaways from the CSO domestic tourism data
Northern Ireland aerospace specialist secures £16m funding boost for major manufacturing investment
Pittsburgh leaders and Aer Lingus celebrate new direct flight to Dublin
Public Survey on Future of Air Connectivity Between City of Derry Airport and London Opens
Ryanair attacks new EU cabin-bag rules, claims they will inflate advertised airfares
Saudi Arabia, Ireland Agree to Strengthen Air Transport Cooperation
Shannon Airport Sends Lucky Winners Worldwide
Read more: https://flyinginireland.com/2026/06/shannon-airport-sends-lucky-winners-worldwide/
X Picks:
@AlArabiya_Eng Riyadh Air CEO Tony Douglas says the airline does not have plans to enter into a formal alliance with global carriers, but will be connected with 11 “very important airlines” including Delta and Singapore Airlines.
@businessposthq Red tape on cargo a ‘bigger issue than tariffs’ – Atlas Air CEO
@business WestJet Airlines condemned the Canadian government’s offer of loans to help carriers hit by high jet fuel costs in the wake of the closing of the Strait of Hormuz.
@business Wizz Air CEO Jozsef Varadi says Europe is benefiting from a shift in travel demand as consumers book closer to departure.
Video Picks:
Air New Zealand CEO Nikhil Ravishankar on the new SkyNest
Eoghan Corry on EU261 & passenger rights update Newstalk Breakfast
GE Aerospace Evolves Amid High Aviation Demand
