Daily Aviation Brief – 03/09/2026

IrishAero News:

ASL Aviation Holdings Adds Two Boeing 747-400ERFs:

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ASLB747400ERF

United deploys Boeing 777-300ER on Newark-Dublin to meet demand

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/UALDUBB7773

United to Launch A321XLR Washington Dulles-Dublin Service from December

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/DubUalA321XLR

Aircraft Update:

RP-C3999 Boeing 737-48E(F) c/n 25773  Skyway Airlines Delivered to Clark International  03/07/26 ex 2-ISTS. 

RP-C4156 Airbus A320-214 c/n 3896 Cebu Pacific Air Ferried to Mojave 24/07/26 returned to lessor.

Global Aviation News:

Sustainable aviation fuel pioneer completes successful trials

Read more: https://biofuels-news.com/news/sustainable-aviation-fuel-pioneer-completes-successful-trials/

Syzygy signs agreement with World Bank arm IFC to advance Latin American SAF production

Read more: https://www.greenairnews.com/?p=9462

TAT defines The Year of Transformation as Thailand’s 2027 tourism direction

Read more: https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/tat-defines-the-year-of-transformation-as-thailands-2027-tourism-direction/

These Major U.S. Airlines Just Announced New Flights to Europe for 2027—Here Are All the Routes to Know

Read more: https://www.travelandleisure.com/new-us-to-europe-flights-2027-12069207

Transavia turns Brussels into a fully fledged base as competition for leisure passengers intensifies

Read more: https://www.aviation24.be/airlines/air-france-klm-group/transavia/turns-brussels-into-a-fully-fledged-base-as-competition-for-leisure-passengers-intensifies/

UK airports passenger record masks a shift from Middle East flying to budget Europe

Read more: https://aerospaceglobalnews.com/news/uk-airports-record-budget-europe-middle-east/

UPS Invests More Than $2 Billion to Give Customers Even Faster Service

Read more: https://about.ups.com/us/en/newsroom/press-releases/customer-first/ups-invests-more-than–2-billion-to-give-customers-even-faster-s.html?linkId=999163631

Waste-to-SAF technology completes 72-hour endurance trials

Read more: https://envirotecmagazine.com/2026/08/24/waste-to-saf-technology-completes-72-hour-endurance-trials/

Werner Aero Acquires Two Airbus A320-200 Airframes

Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/werner-aero-acquires-two-airbus-a320-200-airframes

Why does Ethiopian Airlines out-earn Air India by $1.6bn?

Read more: https://biznewsbyjay.substack.com/p/why-does-ethiopian-airlines-out-earn

Zurich airport monthly passenger numbers up 2.4pc in July

Read more: https://www.travelextra.ie/zurich-airport-monthly-passenger-numbers/

Irish Aviation News:

Ryanair serves Palma de Mallorca from Friedrichshafen in its winter flight schedule

Read more: https://aviation.direct/en/ryanair-bedient-palma-de-mallorca-im-winterflugplan-ab-friedrichshafen

Shannon Aviation Museum unveils new Air Corps collection

Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2026/0827/1589473-shannon-aviation-museum-unveils-new-air-corps-collection/

Spain tells Ryanair “If you don’t like our rules, fly somewhere else”

Read more: https://amp.majorcadailybulletin.com/news/local/2026/08/27/145305/spain-tells-ryanair-you-don-like-our-rules-fly-somewhere-else.html

StarFlyer to Lease LEAP-1A26 Spare Engine from Engine Lease Finance

Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/starflyer-to-lease-leap-1a26-spare-engine-from-engine-lease-finance

The One Boeing 737-700 Hiding In Ryanair’s 650 Aircraft Fleet

Read more: https://simpleflying.com/one-boeing-737-hiding-ryanair-fleet/

Teeling Whiskey scores partnership extension with Aer Lingus College Football Classic through 2028

Read more: https://www.drinksindustryireland.ie/teeling-whiskey-scores-partnership-extension-with-aer-lingus-college-football-classic-through-2028/

Tipp councillor says efforts must be made to ensure county benefits from Waterford Airport works

Read more: https://tippfm.com/news/tipp-councillor-says-efforts-must-be-made-to-ensure-county-benefits-from-waterford-airport-works/

The €200m field goal: 14,000 Texas & Raleigh-Durham fans gather in Dublin for college football opener

Read more: https://www.travelextra.ie/tourism-ireland-evaluates-college-football-opener-as-texas-and-north-carolina-fans-gather-iin-dublin/

Today’s X Picks:

@Airline_WeeklyThe bigger signal: this isn’t really about new cities, it’s about a shifting map. As transatlantic competition intensifies, United (and Delta, with its own Sardinia/Malta additions) are chasing secondary destinations and a stretched shoulder season — “the season is going into October or even November,” per United’s Patrick Quayle.

@Airline_Weekly Premium seats, unique routes, longer seasons. That’s the playbook now.

@AvWeekScho Qantas has advanced the retirement window on their A380s… previously indicated FY2032, but will now start in CY2028. They will exercise options for another 20 aircraft to help complete that, including more A350-1000s (not the ULR version). Options are for delivery from 2030.

@davidshepardson .@Boeing  CEO Kelly Ortberg tells @CNBC  he expects the 200 Chinese airplane orders announced in May to be finalized in the coming months noting the process of allocating them among Chinese airlines: “Everything I see continues to say that we’ll have some contracts here shortly”

Today’s Video Picks:

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