Acumen Blogs & Newsletters:
Read more: https://www.acumen.aero/blogs
IrishAero News:
Aer Lingus Sells Airbus A320-200:
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/43a3rcaf
Dublin Aerospace expands MRO Capabilities
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/3342nt4a
TUI Selects FLY4 Airlines for Summer 2026 ACMI Operations
Read more: https://tinyurl.com/5n9yjah3
Aircraft Update:
SU-GFI Airbus A220-300 c/n 55093 Magnifica Air Delivered to Raleigh-Durham 27/04/26.
SU-GGM Boeing 737-8 c/n 68135 Egyptair Delivered Boeing Field-Keflavik-Cairo 01-02/05/26.
Global Aviation News:
Airbus Targets India for ACJ TwoTwenty Sales Growth
Adelaide/Tarntanya hosts 2,700 attendees at ATE 2026
Read more: https://www.travelextra.ie/2700-attendees-start-arriving-in-adelaide-for-ate-2026
AerCaribe to launch nonstop Colombia-Panama route
Read more: https://cargofacts.com/allposts/routes/aercaribe-to-launch-nonstop-colombia-panama-route/
airBaltic records strongest April passenger numbers in its history
Analyst Perspective: Losing Spirit – what the collapse of a ULCC pioneer reveals about the US market
Aena Group airports handle 33.5 million passengers in April
Azul to triple A321F fleet
Read more: https://cargofacts.com/allposts/fleets/azul-to-triple-a321f-fleet/
CBAA Pushes for Improved Policies To Support Bizav
United Airlines Marks 35 Years of Flying from Heathrow
Widebodies account for more than half of April’s transactions
Read more: https://cargofacts.com/features/widebodies-account-for-more-than-half-of-aprils-transactions/
Irish Aviation News:
Aer Lingus says not seeing any interruptions to jet fuel supply
Read more: https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2026/0508/1572304-aer-lingus-quarterly-results/
Air Canada May 2027 Montreal – Dublin Operations
Read more: https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/260507-acmay27yuldub
Airport Policy Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday – 6 May 2026
Read more: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-05-06/187/
Air Services Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday – 30 April 2026
Read more: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2026-04-30/103/
Azorra Acquires DAE’s Airbus A220 Orderbook
Read more: https://aviator.aero/press/azorra-acquires-daes-airbus-a220-orderbook
Dublin airport passenger cap legislation ready for cabinet approval – Darragh O’Brien
Irish airlines say jet fuel crisis won’t hit summer holidays
Joint Committee on Transport Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme
of the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026
Major diplomatic push to convince US not to retaliate over Dublin Airport passenger cap
X Picks:
@ByERussell AirAsia’s order Wednesday for 150 A220s “more than doubles the 66 sales that Airbus logged during 2025 and 2024,” reviving the fortunes of the small narrowbody, via @theaircurrent.
@ByERussell Alaska Airlines is raising $1 billion in two separate debt transactions to boost liquidity as it manages a second quarter fuel bill nearly double what it paid last year
@ByERussell Breeze is expanding in Atlantic City, Frontier in Orlando, Delta in Detroit, JetBlue in Fort Lauderdale and Southwest in Las Vegas to name a few. Competitors are making moves to shore up their positions and gain share in former Spirit Airlines markets.
@ByERussell IAG is “not experiencing any issues with fuel scarcity in its main markets, and was confident about availability through the peak summer period,” CEO Luis Gallego said Friday.
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