Acumen Blogs & Newsletters:
Read more: https://www.acumen.aero/blogs
IrishAero News:
Aer Lingus A321XLR Fleet Strategic Tool
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mr2xzzj3
daa Welcomes Talks on Ireland–Brazil Air Connectivity
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2zaju9md
EirTrade Aviation Plans To Quintuple Knock Facility
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/2s3pa57m
Aircraft Update:
N705SV ATR72-212A(600) c/n 1038 TrueNord Ferried to Billund 19/02/26.
OE-IAO Airbus A320-232 c/n 6455 ZF Ireland Aircraft Registered at Amman 11/03/26 ex JY-AYC.
Global Aviation News:
Lufthansa Allegris Business Class seats on the Boeing 787-9 have received certification
Manchester Airport enables mixed domestic and international operations with Amadeus biometrics
Merit AirFinance Prices $817 Million Loan ABS
Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/merit-airfinance-prices-817-million-loan-abs
National Airlines enhances onboard experience for passengers with Viasat’s advanced in-flight connectivity
SF Express deploys own 747 freighter service to East Midlands Airport
Spirit Airlines will continue an extensive fleet reduction
Read more: https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Spirit-Airlines-to-accelerate-fleet-reduction
Strategic retreat or failure? Wizz Air is abandoning its Vienna base after eight years
Irish Aviation News:
Belfast City Airport publishes plan to grow to 7m passengers by 2040
Read more: https://www.travelextra.ie/belfast-city-airport-publishes-final-master-plan-2040
‘Irish airlines will be LAST to raise prices’ as Gulf conflict drives up airfares and disrupts schedules
K2 Aviation closes a Boeing 737-800 with Aviation Capital Group
Mullingar man builds two-seat aircraft in garden shed and prepares for first flight
Resd more: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41810036.html
Northern Ireland’s Airports – Statistics for Q4 and Full Year 2025
Read more: https://flyinginireland.com/2026/03/northern-irelands-airports-statistics-for-q4-and-full-year-2025/
PIT Hosts Aer Lingus Team as Part of Parade Celebration
Ryanair Opens Its Largest Maintenance Hangar at Madrid Barajas
Read more: https://www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/ryanair-opens-maintenance-hangar-madrid-barajas
Talks on direct Dublin-Bangkok flight to ‘accelerate’
Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0316/1563734-dublin-bangkok/
The Story Of Ryanair – The Last Word with Matt Cooper
Podcast: https://www.todayfm.com/podcasts/the-last-word-with-matt-cooper/the-story-of-ryanair
X Picks:
@IATA CEO panel at @A4Europe summit focuses on European competitiveness. Regulatory costs have piled up, no action on Draghi report, but maybe a sign that politicians are starting to wake up to risks to connectivity.
@jqbilbao The widening conflict in the Middle East will push up airline ticket prices and leave “no winners”, @IATA Director-General Willie Walsh tells @Reuters.
@jonostrower This is the first in a series of data visualization projects we’re rolling out from @theaircurrent. Amazing to chart the increase in efficiency in U.S. (and see the shocks) while capacity has increased 32% and airlines are burning nearly the same amount of fuel as 2000.
@RTEOne “Michael seized the opportunity in a world now nervous of air travel.” Tracking Ryanair as it became the loudest story in global aviation, led by the CEO Michael O’Leary, who navigated the airline through endless battles.
Video Picks:
Eoghan Corry Q&A on the Travel disruption in the Middle East
How Ryanair is balancing low-cost operations with Europe’s SAF mandates
Fuel Spikes, Middle East Conflict & Transatlantic Travel: Airline Experts Break It Down
