Daily Aviation Brief – 23/12/2025 

Acumen Blogs & Newsletters:

Read here: https://www.acumen.aero/blogs 

IrishAero News:

Aeromexico Re-Registers Irish Boeing 737s

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3st89cjw

Boeing Delivers first 737 MAX to Ryanair UK

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3625ny88

CityJet Phases Out EI-FPR CRJ900

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/yk5z59f7

United Airlines Experiences Surge in Irish Christmas Bookings

Read more: https://tinyurl.com/4wf8e6me

Aircraft Update:

OE-IHY Airbus A320-233 c/n 4741  Avolon Leasing Registered at Madrid 18/12/25 ex N517VL.

OE-LGJ Airbus A321-211(F) c/n 1713 Cross Ocean Adviser Ireland Registered at Riga 16/12/25 ex 9H-CGJ.

Global Aviation News:

Emirates rolls out retrofitted Boeing 777s with Premium Economy to Beirut and Beijing

Read more: https://www.emirates.com/media-centre/emirates-rolls-out-retrofitted-boeing-777s-with-premium-economy-to-beirut-and-beijing/

EVIO Launches Hybrid-Electric Aircraft Program with 450 Pre-Orders

Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/evio-launches-hybrid-electric-aircraft-program-with-450-pre-orders

Fleet rollover of Austrian Airlines’ short- and medium-haul fleet has begun

Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/fleet-rollover-of-austrian-airlines-short-and-medium-haul-fleet-has-begun

From prestige project to total failure: Air Albania is finished

Read more: https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/vom-prestigeprojekt-zum-totalausfall-air-albania-ist-am-ende/qwh2grs

Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. Announces CEO Transition

Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/frontier-group-holdings-inc-announces-ceo-transition

GA Telesis Marks Eight Freighter Deliveries with its Latest 737-800SF Lease

Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/ga-telesis-marks-eight-freighter-deliveries-with-its-latest-737-800sf-lease

How Wizz Air transformed the CEE region’s way of travel

Read more: https://centraleuropeantimes.com/how-wizz-air-tr/

ITP Aero signs binding agreement to acquire Aero Norway

Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/itp-aero-signs-binding-agreement-to-acquire-aero-norway

Lufthansa Group upgrades Airbus A320 fleet

Read more: https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/lufthansa-group-upgrades-airbus-a320-fleet/

New Pan Am Says It Plans To Fly A320neos

Read more: https://airlinegeeks.com/2025/12/10/new-pan-am-says-it-plans-to-fly-a320neos/

Riyadh Air and Huawei Sign an MoU to Advance Digital Capabilities for a New Future of Air Travel

Read more: https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/riyadh-air-and-huawei-sign-an-mou-to-advance-digital-capabilities-for-a-new/

Irish Aviation News:

Aer Lingus enhances CX with new onboard retail experience in partnership with dnata

Read more: https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/2025/12/aer-lingus-enhances-cx-with-new-onboard-retail-experience-in-partnership-with-dnata/

LATAM eyes direct Brazil Dublin service for 2027 & introduction of A321XLR

Read more: https://www.travelextra.ie/latam-has-direct-brazil-dublin-service-in-its-sights-for-2027/

MAAS Aviation continues to paint the skies orange with easyJet multi-year contract renewal

Read more: https://maasaviation.com/maas-aviation-continues-to-paint-the-skies-orange-with-easyjet-multi-year-contract-renewal/

New Garda Air Support Unit Viking 400 Arrives in Baldonnel

Read more: https://flyinginireland.com/2025/12/new-garda-air-support-unit-viking-400-arrives-in-baldonnel/

Ryanair hosts O’Leary show between Bratislava and Vienna

Read more: https://www.aerotelegraph.com/airlines/miniflug-mit-boeing-737-ryanair-veranstaltet-oleary-show-zwischen-bratislava-und-wien/0czydm4

TrueNoord further expands expert team to support continued business growth

Read more: https://www.truenoord.com/truenoord-further-expands-expert-team-to-support-continued-business-growth/

Women in Aviation Award – Prof Marina Efthymiou

Read more: https://business.dcu.ie/women-in-aviation-award-prof-marina-efthymiou/

WSA Delivers first of two additional B737-800BCF Aircraft to West Atlantic

Read more: https://www.worldstaraviation.com/en/news/wsa-delivers-first-of-two-additional-b737-800bcf-aircraft-to-west-atlantic/287/

10th Annual Star Alliance Christmas Lunch

Read more: https://ittn.ie/travel-news/10th-annual-star-alliance-christmas-lunch/

X Picks:

@PghBizTimes Pittsburgh International Airport secured nonstop Dublin flights with Aer Lingus after a decade of effort, aided by the Steelers and business community.

@Qantas Our first @Airbus A350-1000ULR (Ultra Long Range) aircraft is now on the final assembly line in Toulouse! This marks a significant step in #ProjectSunrise, which will conquer the final frontier of long-haul travel with non-stop flights between Australia’s east coast and London and New York.

@RunwayGirl Boeing expects 737 MAX and 787 deliveries to grow in 2026 and that aircraft production will be better aligned with deliveries, the airframer’s newly appointed CFO Jay Malave said this morning at the UBS Global Industrials and Transportation Conference.

@WinderKit Ryanair $RYA FCF and share price taking off. Cheap and punctual flights, led by a unique and brilliant CEO, who has created a cost advantage so powerful they can undercut competitors by miles and still make higher margins…

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