Flying in Ireland October 2014

THE Irish Aviation Magazine
October 2014 - Issue 10 Vol 10
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Editorial
Contents
elcome to the October issue of the magazine. The

weather over the past few weeks have been quite good
and suitable for plenty of General Aviation activity. The
Portrush Airshow was a huge success with the Red Arrows putting
on their usual high class display. The highlight of the show was the
appearance of the two World War era Lancaster bombers. This was
the first time that two Lancasters had flown together in many
years. We carry a photo report on the display in this issue.
This month we carry the first of a two part series by Michael

Traynor and his adventures of travelling on a Mediterranean
Odyssey in the Cessna 172 of the Airport Flying Club. They set off
from Weston and enjoyed some fabulous weather as they crossed
Europe, the Mediterranean and North Africa before returning
through Spain and Portugal back to Weston.
Ryanair have taken delivery of the first aircraft of their latest batch
of their order of 180 new Boeing 737-800s. The aircraft arrived
back in Dublin with Michael OLeary and other senior Ryanair
management on the 9th of September. The management team had
also just concluded a new deal with Boeing to become the launch
customer for the Boeing 737 MAX 200. They ordered 100 aircraft
with a further 100 on option with deliveries to begin in 2019. This
will enable Ryanair to grow capacity again and they expect to carry
150 million passengers per year by 2024 with a fleet of up to 520
aircraft. The new deal would cost up to US$11Billion for the
ordered aircraft at list prices but industry experts suggest that
Ryanair would have got the deal for about half this amount.
Enjoy!
Alan Dwyer
Editor, Flying in Ireland Magazine.
editor@flyinginireland.com
Contributors:
Malcolm Nason, Paul Daly, Glenn
Deputy Editor:
Jacobs, Flan Garry, Brendan
Mark Dwyer
OMoore, Trevor Buckley, Pat
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Murphy, Gerry Humphreys, Patrick
News Reporters:
Jordan, Aidan Mills, Peter Leeson,
Jim Lee, Niall Grant
Tony Tighe, John Houlihan, Michael
GA, Business and
Traynor, Arek Sieracki, John Brennan,
Corporate Editor:
National Microlight Association of
Joe McDermott
Ireland, Irish Aviation Authority.
Cover Photo:
Jason Phelan
Editor: Alan Dwyer
FlyinginIreland October 2014
Industry News
10 Ryanair News
17 Airlines News
21 People News
22 Simtech News
24 Bombardiers Uncertainty
26 Dublin Airport
27 Norwegian Rejection
28 General Aviation News
30 Club and School News
34 Shannon News
36 Fueling Your Aircraft
38 A Mediterranean Odyssey
(Part 1)
44 Portrush Review
48 Weather Vane
50 Youngest Irish First Solo
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Aireon LLC
According to new accounts filed with the
Companies Office revenue at Shannon
Aerospace increased by 27% to 71.69
million in 2013. Staff costs increased from
23 million in 2012 to 25.1 million in
2013. The numbers employed however
decreased marginally from 487 to 484.
Pre-tax profits increased six-fold to 1.69
million. Shareholder funds at end of
December stood at 14.96 million. The
directors caution that the company's
competitors are increasing, particularly in
Eastern Europe where labour costs are
significantly lower than in Ireland. To
improve competitiveness SIPTU members
at the Shannon Aerospace plant voted by
a margin of 75% to 25% to back a
recommendation issued by the Labour
Relations Commission (LRC) earlier this
year regarding their pension dispute with
the Lufthansa-owned company. The
proposals included the closure of the
existing defined benefit pension scheme
and the transfer of employees to a
different defined contribution scheme. An
up-front investment will be included for
those transferring to the new scheme,
along with compensation. The proposals
also include a provision for registering the
new pension agreement with the Labour
Court when legislation is enacted for
registering union and company
agreements.
Earlier this summer, Aireon LLC, headquartered in McLean and in

which the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) became a shareholder in
January 2014, announced that it had completed all necessary
milestones to close the third tranche investment from NAV
CANADA, totalling $65 million (47.76 million), of which $32.5
million (23.88 million) was funded on 19th June 2014, and the
second half of the third tranche will be funded in the first quarter
of 2015. These payments will bring NAV CANADAs cumulative
investment in Aireon to $120 million (88.16 million) and will
increase its fully diluted common equity position, on a post
conversion basis, to 36.5%. Aireon has also received the second
tranche of investments from its other three air navigation service
provider (ANSP) investors: ENAV (Italy), the Irish Aviation Authority
(IAA), and Naviair (Denmark). Aireon is the developer and operator
of the worlds first space-based global air traffic surveillance
system, Aireon, with the capability to track aircraft anywhere in the
world in near-real time, including the only coverage over oceanic,
polar and remote regions and with these investments, Aireon
expects to be able to meet the capital requirements to deploy the
Aireon system.
Irish Government
State travel expenses in 2013 were almost 7 million for 32,500
trips plus 1.45 million for hotels. It bought 9,364 air tickets from
Aer Lingus compared to 1,268 from Ryanair. The most frequent
destination for State officials last year was Brussels with 6,734
trips, compared to 1,703 to London. Other top destinations include
Paris, Charleroi, Amsterdam, Beirut and Bucharest. Other places in
the top 50 include Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, Kampala in Uganda and
hot spots Malaga, Malta and Athens. A breakdown of the figures
shows that 4.6 million was spent on 19,406 tickets in Europe last
year, with the remaining 2.29 million spent in the rest of the world.
Macquarie AirFinance the aircraft leasing subsidiary of Australia's Macquarie Group and
Japan's Orix are believed to be among a small number of companies who could make
binding offers for $5 billion (3.73 billion) aircraft portfolio being sold by Dublinbased lessor AWAS. Other bidders are believed to include Hong Kong Aviation Capital,
which is owned by China's HNA Group and Bohai Leasing, and SMBC Aviation Capital part of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial and Cheung Kong Holdings, controlled by Asias richest man billionaire Li Ka-shing,
which has confirmed its interest. A second round of bidding is now underway. Following the loss of Malaysia Airlines
flight MH17 over rebel-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine and western sanctions on Russia, AWAS terminated its
B737-800 lease agreement with Russian carrier Dobrolet which was forced to suspend operations just six weeks
after launching. MRO firm, Lufthansa Technik, also ended its dealings with the airline. Its two aircraft VQ-BTS and VQBTG were transferred to Orenair. Recent activity by AWAS and the date of announcement included the delivery of an
additional two new Airbus A320-214 passenger aircraft on lease with Spring Airlines in China from its existing pipeline
order (15th September). The aircraft are B-1893 and B-1895. On 5th September two announcements were made,
the delivery of a second Boeing 757-23APF freighter, C-FLAJ on lease to Cargojet (Canada) and an agreement with
current customer Vueling to lease the airline two additional new A320 passenger aircraft. These aircraft will come
from AWAS existing new order pipeline with the manufacturer and will be delivered in the first half of 2015. Finally on
20th August AWAS announced that it has delivered to Aeromexico a Boeing 737-852, XA-AML on long-term lease.
This is part of a two aircraft deal that included a previously delivered 737-800 from AWAS pipeline and this 737800, a purchase lease back (PLB) that Aeromexico had ordered directly from the manufacturer.
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Dublin based Boxever, a provider of customer
intelligence, personalisation, and big data for the
travel industry, announced it has relocated its
headquarters to Ashford House in Dublin to
accommodate the 44% increase in new
employees since January. The expansion also
includes establishing the companys first international office in Boston, MA, which will be focused
on global marketing and account development activities. It has
also added Boston-based marketing executive, Allyson Pelletier, to
its leadership team who joins the company as its Vice President of
Marketing and will be based out of the Boston office.
Commission for
Aviation Regulation
(CAR)
On 1st September CAR published its Air Passenger
Rights Complaints Report for the period 1st
January - 30th June 2014 which show that it
received 2,180 queries during the period in respect of EC
Regulation No. 261/ 2004, representing a 54% increase in the
number of queries received during the same period in 2013. The
Report also provides a brief overview of all complaints received
during that time. 1,677 of these queries related to an
assortment of baggage, pricing, safety and air carrier policy
issues. The remaining 503 queries constituted valid complaints
under the Regulation and therefore required investigation by the
appropriate national enforcement body. 333 of these (66%)
involved a departure from an Irish airport while 31 (6%) involved
the arrival into an Irish airport from a non-EU airport on a
Community licensed carrier. The balance 139 (28%) involved the
departure from airport situated in another Member State (or
arrival into such an airport from a third country on a Communitylicensed carrier). Of the 364 complaints within CARs remit 283
(78%) had been concluded by 15th August. A breakdown of the
final outcomes of these 283 cases show that:In 12 cases the passengers received either a refund of the
cost of their ticket (where appropriate) or reimbursement of
expenses incurred as a result of the air carriers failure to
provide the care and assistance set out in Article 9 of the
Regulation.
In 35 cases the air carrier paid compensation.
In 78 cases the air carrier successfully demonstrated that
extraordinary circumstances existed and that all reasonable
measures to avoid the cancellation/ delay were taken.
In 168 cases the complaint was either withdrawn, resolved
directly with the air carrier or the infringement was such
that no individual redress could be obtained for the
passenger.
CAR is continuing to investigate, and working to conclude, the
remaining 81 cases. Aer Lingus fared worst for complaints
followed by Ryanair with the remainder of the cases involving
another 41 carriers.
Department of Justice
& Equality (DJE)
A briefing paper for the new Minister for
Transport and Tourism, Paschal Donohoe
released on 12th August gives some indication
that the well documented problems of passport
control at Dublin Airport are also well known in
the Department. It notes that there has been
an issue over the last year with staffing of
passport control in Dublin Airport. It added
that the DJE is in the process of civilianising
passport control with the advent of the INIS
who agreed that the current service is less
than ideal. Automated border control gates or
e-gates were introduced at T1 in May 2013
where civilian employees of the INIS are based
09:00-17:00. However outside of these hours
Garda officers from the GNIB operate the
service but not the machines. In Terminal Two
(T2) which is fully manned by the GNIB and
there are no e-gates the problem is particularly
acute and disproportionately affects long haul
passengers who had already spent many hours
travelling before they join the passport control
queue. The daa have cited delays of up to two
hours in processing passengers. The DJE has
submitted a Business Case to the Department
of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) for
approval which addresses the manpower issues
at Dublin Airport and the indications are that
DPER will approve the deployment of the
additional staff to fully civilianise INIS.
Arrangements have been put in place to deal
with the queues in the short term over the
summer peak season with contributions to be
made by all parties. These include some
additional temporary COs from DJE up to
September 2014, flexibility from GNIB to meet
demand, additional hosting staff from the daa
along with agreement on the provision of a
detention centre for GNIB at Dublin Airport to
hold passengers in violation of immigration
laws. The daa adds that it is planned to extend
the operation of the e-gates to cover the
period 07:00 to midnight. Ryanair had already
called on the daa to extend the operating hours
of e-gates. Responding an equally frustrated
daa noted that Ryanairs call was misdirected as
the daa has no responsibility for passport
border controls at Dublin or Cork Airports. The
Self-service border control kiosks are the sole
responsibility of the Irish Naturalisation
Immigration Service (INIS), which falls under the
Department of Justice and Equality (DJE) and
also involves the Garda National Immigration
Bureau (GNIB). It is now up to the Government
to agree to provide the necessary resources.
INDUSTRY NEWS
Dublin-based Avolon a leading, high growth, global aircraft
leasing firm which was established in 2010, now has a
committed portfolio of 228 aircraft Including Max and Neo
Orders. 118 aircraft are deployed with 48 airlines around the
world, with the balance on order. It also manages 11 aircraft.
Served by a staff of 63 with five offices globally, Avolon
provides aircraft leasing and lease management services to
airlines and aircraft investors worldwide. Recently announced
aircraft deals by Avolon include, the acquisition of a Boeing
737-85R aircraft, VT-JFY on lease to Jet Airways, the fourth
aircraft placed on lease to Jet Airways (9th September). On
2nd September it announced the delivery of two Airbus
A321-231 aircraft to American Airlines being the third and
fourth examples to be delivered on lease to American Airlines
(N120EE and N122NN). On 19th August it announced the
delivery of an Airbus A330-343E, PK-GPT to Garuda
Indonesia, which is the first of four of these aircraft to be
delivered to Garuda. Finally, on 26th August Avolon Capital
Partners announced that it had acquired Boeing 737-85R,
International Air
Transport Association
According to the IATAs latest WATS
statistics, Dublin-London was the
second busiest international route in 2013 (3.6 million
passengers, up 6.9%). The top spot went to Hong KongTaipei (4.9 million, down 11.5%). Jakarta-Singapore
came in third (3.4 million, up 8.6%). The price of air
travel in real terms fell by 7.4% last year, according to
the report. In relation to safety, IATA reports that there
were 210 fatalities from commercial aviation accidents in
2013, reduced from 414 in 2012. The 2013 global
Western-built jet accident rate (measured in hull losses
per million flights of Western-built jets) was 0.41, the
equivalent of one accident for every 2.4 million flights.
This was a step back from 2012 when the global
Western-built jet accident rate stood at 0.21 --the
lowest in aviation history. Looked at over the five-year
period (2009-2013), 2013 shows a 14.6%
VT-JFX on lease to Jet Airways, and the fifth aircraft to be

delivered to Avolon Capital Partners. New filings with the US
Securities and Exchange Commission in New York indicate that
Avolon reveal details of the two nominees to the board of the
company. They are Hamid Biglari, currently managing partner
at the US-based TGG Group, who previously held a number of
key roles with Citigroup, including head of emerging markets
and vice chairman of Citicorp and Gary Perlin who up until last
year, was the chief financial officer of US financial giant
Capital One. He retired and served as a senior advisor to
Capital One's chief executive until earlier this year.
improvement on the five-year average of 0.48. The

2013 Western-built jet hull loss rate for members of
IATA was 0.30, which outperformed the global average
by 26.8% and which showed an improvement over the
five-year average of 0.32. There were 81 accidents (all
aircraft types, Eastern and Western built), up from 75 in
2012, but below the five-year average of 86 per year.
There were 16 fatal accidents (all aircraft types) versus
15 in 2012 and the five-year average of 19. 20% of all
accidents were fatal, unchanged from 2012 and below
the five-year average of 22%. Finally, there were 12 hull
loss accidents involving Western-built jets compared to
six in 2012 and the five-year average of 13 and six fatal
hull loss accidents involving Western-built jets, up from
three in 2012 but unchanged from the five-year
average. There were 210 fatalities compared to 414 in
2012 and the five-year average of 517. However, more
than 3 billion people flew safely on 36.4 million flights
(29.5 million by jet and 6.9 million by turboprop).
Eirtech Aviation
On 8th August, Vance Street Capital LLC, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, and its affiliates (Leading
Edge Aviation Services, Inc and Associated Painters, Inc.), announced that they had confirmed a deal with
Eirtech Aviation to form International Aerospace Coatings Holdings LP and entity creates a leading global
provider of aviation coating services, including exterior and interior aircraft painting, aircraft refurbishment and
provision of aircraft graphics. The newly merged company employs approximately 800 people across Europe,
North America and Dubai. Leading Edge, Associated Painters and Eirtech will continue to operate under their
respective brand names and existing management teams in their geographic regions and the principals of
Eirtech Aviation will maintain a substantial ownership stake in the combined business. Terms of the
transaction were not disclosed. Eirtech Aviations Cabin Altitude Pressurization Warning System for the Boeing
737 fleet, was named as the most pioneering innovation in the Aviation Innovation Award category at the IAA
Industry Awards presented for the first time at a black tie event organised by the Irish Aviation Authority at
the Double Tree Hilton Hotel, Dublin. Awards were given in this category to the most ground breaking and
trendsetting engineering and product solutions in the aviation industry today.
INDUSTRY NEWS
FLY Leasing Ltd
On 31st July, FLY Leasing Ltd
announced its financial results for
the second quarter of 2014 which
showed a net income of $21.7
million (16.19 million) or $0.51
(0.38) per share. It recorded a
26% growth in operating lease
rental revenue. During the quarter
seven aircraft were sold resulting
in a gain of $18.9 million (14.1
million). Since its inception, FLY has
sold 29 aircraft with an average
age of 12.5 years for an aggregate
gain of $68 million (50.75
million). FLY continues to reduce
the average age of its portfolio,
which was 8.7 years at 30th June.
It also acquired seven aircraft for
$226 million (168.66 million)
and after the quarter end, acquired
one Boeing 737-800 and
contracted to buy three A330300s. At 30th June 2014, all of
FLYs 117 aircraft were on lease to

65 airlines in 36 countries. This
does not include the four Boeing
767 aircraft owned by a joint
venture in which FLY has a 57%
interest. The company also
declared its 27th consecutive
quarterly dividend on 17th July
($0.25/0.19 per share). At 30th
June, FLYs total assets were $3.6
billion (2.69 billion), including
flight equipment with a net book
value of $3.2 billion (2.39 billion).
It is confident of achieving its 15%
net fleet growth target this year.
On 2nd September, it announced it
had acquired two Airbus A330300 aircraft manufactured in
2013 and on lease to a leading
airline in Asia in a sale and leaseback transaction. The agreement
was first announced on 29th July
and involved three A330s the first
of which was announced on 7th
August. At that time it also
announced that it had acquired a

Boeing 737-800 to be leased to a
leading airline in North America. In
a separate transaction, FLY has
purchased a Boeing 737-800 on a
long-term lease to a leading
European carrier. Earlier on 12th
June it announced that it had sold
four aircraft from its portfolio. The
four aircraft have an average age
of 14 years and the sales will
further reduce the age of FLYs
fleet. The sales generated a gain
over FLYs net book value. Finally
on 5th June it announced it had
acquired four more Next
Generation Boeing 737-800
aircraft. The aircraft were
manufactured in 2006, 2008 and
2010 (two aircraft) and are on
lease to four leading airlines in
Europe. The acquisitions were
financed from FLYs unrestricted
cash.
The Irish Aviation Authoritys (IAA)

Air traffic statistics released on 5th September by the
IAA for August illustrated clearly the rising traffic trend
but also the mixed performance at Irelands three state
owned airports. The 14th August saw 1,835 flights in
Irish airspace, including approximately 700 flights at our
main airports.
The summer season saw strong growth in flights using
Irish airspace, with air en route traffic movements (flights
that pass through Irish airspace but do not land) saw an
increase of 6.5% in August on 2013. North Atlantic
Communications flights (Europe and North America)
mirrored this trend with a 7.3% increase on 2013. There
were 28,846 en route traffic movements (up from
27,074) and 41,739 North Atlantic Communications
flights (up from 38,894) during August 2014. Overall
figures for the three Irish airports show an increase of
4.1% in August compared to the same month last year.
Individual performance figures show that Shannon
Airports strong revival continues and it fared best with
commercial movements up 26.9% from 1,727 to 2,191
an average of 71 per day. Cork fared worse continuing
its disappointing trend. Terminal traffic was down 3.7%
(from 2,043 to 1,967) with an average of 63 daily
commercial movements. The figures for July were down
5.4% (from 2,147 to 2,031) correcting the incorrect
figures given on page 19 of our last issue. We apologise
for the error which gave the figures as being down from
15,882 to 14,772. Meanwhile Dublin continued its
steady climb with 528 daily movements. Dublin flights
are up 2.6% in August when compared to the same
month last year (from 15,939 to 16,354). In August,
London Heathrow/Dublin was not surprisingly the busiest
route, with 39 flights daily. This was followed by the
London Gatwick/Dublin route with 18 flights daily, the
Dublin/Manchester route with 18 and Dublin/London
Stansted with 16. Delay statistics indicate that only 63
flights were delayed in the first eight months of 2014,
with an average delay of 20 minutes per delayed flight,
mainly due to adverse weather.
Overnight on 29th August a fissure eruption began at a
lava field in the vicinity of the Bardarbunga volcano in
Iceland. As a result the Icelandic Met Office raised the
aviation colour code over the eruption site to red. Later
that day it was downgraded to orange. No volcanic ash
was detected and all operations in Irish and European
airspace remained as normal. Due to the previous
disruptions to air operations caused by a previous
eruption, the IAA began liaising with all relevant organisations and is continuing to closely monitoring the
situation so that if any threats to aviation arise they can
quickly inform the travelling public.
INDUSTRY NEWS
The State Airports (Shannon Group)
Act 2014 (the Aviation Act) came
into force on 27th July 2014 and as
its name implies contains major
reforms for the Shannon region which
will build upon the existing aviation
industry of over 40 companies
operating in the area. Its also contains
an important provision in Section 44
which makes it an offence to
deliberately or recklessly dazzle or
distract a pilot or other relevant
personnel by directing a light in their
direction. This is intended to deal with
incidents of persons using a laser to
dazzle or attempt to dazzle the pilot

of an aircraft or other aviation
personnel. The dangers of such
actions were well illustrated in a piece
in our military news section last
month which detailed a laser attack
on an Air Corps helicopter involved in
an air ambulance mission on 9th July.
Under the new measures a person
who commits an offence under
section 44 is liable on summary
conviction to a class A fine (5,000)
or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 6 months or to both, or on
conviction on indictment to a fine not
exceeding 50,000, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5
years or to both. Where the person is
a body corporate, the fine can be up
to 250,000. The act also introduces
EVS Aviation
On 7th August, EVS Aviation a new FBO (Fixed
Based Operator) commenced operations at Cork
Airport. The new company, brings together
almost 40 years of experience within the aviation
industry and is led by Peter Costelloe and Michael
Ryan, who will provide the aviation expertise and
knowledge base required to deliver cutting-edge
ground handling services for GA through its long
established relationships with fuel retailers. It will
also provide extremely competitive Jet A-1 fuel
prices for both destination and fuel stop traffic.
Based in a custom-built facility adjacent to the
main terminal, with crew and VIP lounges, EVS
Aviation will ensure a streamlined service to its
clients and position the company for long term
sustainable growth.
a significant move for aircraft

financiers and lessors. The Aviation
Act amends the International
Interests in Mobile Equipment (Cape
Town Convention) Act 2005 to
enable the Irish Aviation Law
Government to make an order
(expected in the final quarter of
2014) to give effect to Alternative A
in Article XI of the Aircraft Protocol to
the Cape Town Convention. This
requires the insolvency administrator
or debtor by the end of the waiting
period (60 days) or any earlier date
give possession of the aircraft to the
creditor. It also contains important
provisions in relation to ECA
Supported Financing and EETC and
Bond Issuances.
On 10th September 2014, Amedeo,

a dedicated and actively managed
widebody operating lessor based in
Dublin, announced the acquisition of
its first owned Airbus A380. Amedeo is focused on the
widebody leasing sector and has secured an equity
partnership with Pine Brook Partners, a New York-based
private equity firm, for the financing of its A380 order with
Airbus, which was announced at the Singapore Airshow in
February 2014. The aircraft A6-EEY was delivered to
Emirates as part of a sale and leaseback transaction on 4th
September at the Airbus Delivery Centre in Hamburg and
was placed on a 12-year operating lease. The aircraft was
financed by a combination of senior and junior loans provided
by a bank syndicate, including Commercial Bank International,
Qatar National Bank (QNB), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and
Westpac Banking Corporation (Westpac)eploy the Aireon
system.
OpenJaw Technologies, an online technology partner of the worlds biggest travel brands,
announced plans to grow its operation into Asia Pacific, from an office in Hong Kong which will
support OpenJaws growing customer portfolio in the region. In addition, the office will have a
commercial focus, and will service the growing demand for travel retailing technology, from
airlines and other large travel companies, in Asia Pacific. The announcement was made during
Enterprise Irelands trade and investment mission to China, led by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise
and Innovation Richard Bruton TD. The company has also launched the OpenJaw Tribe
Developer Community which supports innovation in travel retailing. Tribe reduces time-tomarket and empowers development of storefront services across multiple channels, by allowing companies to
effortlessly integrate with a complete travel retailing platform. The program is open to approved developers working
for or with OpenJaw customers and partners. The OpenJaw customer portfolio includes: British Airways, TravelSky,
Aeroplan, AIRMILES, Four Seasons, voyages-sncf.com, and Viajes El Corte Ingles. Most recently OpenJaw and ITA
Software by Google technologies have delivered a new booking platform to S7 Airlines which gives passengers the
opportunity to choose offers of several providers and book everything necessary for the trip, including the air ticket
and additional products, such as hotel, car rental, insurance and transfer. It also appointed technology veteran Brian
Lewis, who has over 18 years experience in design and delivery of large scale multi-airline solutions, both at
OpenJaw, and at SITA to the position of Head of Global Services. He is a graduate from London University of the
South Bank, with a BSc. in Computer Science.
RYANAIR NEWS
Ryanair becomes launch customer of
newest 737 MAX family member
On 8th September Ryanair, signed an
agreement with Boeing to purchase
up to 200 new Boeing 737 MAX
200 aircraft (100 firm and 100
options). Ryanair will be the first
airline to operate the 737 MAX 200,
a variant based on the successful 737
MAX 8 that can accommodate up to
200 seats although Ryanairs aircraft
will be configured with 197 seats,
eight more than Ryanairs existing
189 seat Boeing 737-800s. This
extra seating is achieved by incorporating a mid-exit door increasing the
exit limit. The airframe is 2.2 meters
longer than the A320neo, giving
customers more flexibility and space
in the cabin, the extra seats increase
revenue potential and the aircraft
provide customers with up to 20%
better fuel efficiency per seat than
today's most efficient single-aisle
airplanes. When finalised and all
options exercised, this deal will be
worth over $22 billion (16.98
billion) at current list prices.
The aircrafts new CFM LEAP-1B
engines, which combined with
aerodynamic improvements will
reduce fuel consumption by up to
18% in Ryanairs configuration and
reduce operational noise emissions by
40%. They represent the new stateof-the-art in engine technology. The
foundation of the LEAP engine is
heavily rooted in advanced aerodynamics, environmental, and materials
technology development programs.
All this technology brings with it
CFM's legendary reliability and low
maintenance costs. The first full
LEAP-1B engine began ground
testing in July 2014, three days
ahead of schedule, as part of the
most extensive ground and flight test
certification program in CFM's history.
The total program, which
encompasses all three LEAP engine
variants, includes 28 ground and CFM
flight test engines, along with a total
of 32 flight test engines for Boeing,
as well as Airbus and COMAC. Over
the next three years, these engines
10
will accumulate approximately

40,000 engine cycles leading up to
entry into service. By the time this
engine enters service, CFM will have
simulated more than 15 years of
airline service with 60 different
engine builds.
also has new slimline seats which will

provide more leg room (an average of
over 30 inches). With 2,239 orders
from 46 customers worldwide, the
737 MAX family offers customers
what Michael O'Leary describes as a
game changer aircraft
The new agreement was signed by

Michael OLeary, and Boeing
Commercial Airplanes President and
CEO Ray Conner, in New York.
Following approval by Ryanairs
shareholders at an Extraordinary
General Meeting (EGM) in late
November, this order will become
Boeings largest ever aircraft order
from a European airline. It also
represents the largest ever capital
investment by an Irish company in US
manufacturing and jobs.
Ryanair entered into this new aircraft

agreement, the day before Michael
OLeary travelled to Seattle to take
delivery of the first of 180 new
Boeing Next-Generation 737-800
aircraft. The current 180 aircraft
order will see Ryanairs fleet grow
from 304 to 420 (allowing for lease
returns), and traffic rise from 82
million last year to over 112 million
by 2019. Becoming the lead operator
for the Boeing 737 MAX 200 aircraft
secures Ryanairs future growth
during the period 2019 to 2024 in
which Ryanairs fleet will rise to 520
aircraft (allowing for sales and lease
returns) while traffic almost doubles
from 82 million in Financial Year (FY)
2014 to 150 million passengers per
annum by FY2024.
Boeing developed the 737 MAX 200

in response to the needs of the fast
growing low-cost sector, which is
forecasted to account for 35% of
single-aisle airline capacity by 2033.
These new Boeing 737 MAX 200s in
addition to the features which will
significantly lower Ryanairs industry
low operating costs and Ryanair say
that these savings will be passed on
via lower fares to its customers.
First new Boeing 737-800

NG delivered as part of the
fleet update
They also feature the new Boeing Sky

Interior to enhance customers
onboard experience featuring modern
sculpted sidewalls and window
reveals, LED lighting that enhances
the sense of spaciousness and larger
pivoting overhead stowage bins. It
On the 10th September Ryanair took

delivery of the first of its 180 new
Boeing 737-800 NG order, worth
$16 billion (12.34 billion) at current
list prices. The aircraft, EI-FEE
touched down in Dublin Airport as the
RYR800E, flown from Boeing Field,
Boeing 737-8MD, EI-FEE arriving in Dublin following its delivery flight from Seattle. This is the
first of the new batch of 180 due for delivery in the next few years. Peter Leeson
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aircraft, M-ABGV was acquired in
June 2014 and is based in Milan.
One of the Fly Dubai Boeing 737-800s

leased by Ryanair during the summer. Paul
Daly
Seattle, by Ryanair Chief Pilot, Captain

Ray Conway. Ryanair will take 20
further 737-800 NG aircraft
deliveries between September 2014
and July 2015, which will enable the
airline to open more routes and
additional frequencies on existing
routes for Summer 2015. The
delivery of EI-FEE brings the total
number of Boeing 737-800s to
Ryanair to 349 with 51 aircraft
having left the fleet. This means that
the current active Ryanair fleet now
stands at 298 aircraft. This includes
EI-DLI which sustained substantial
damage to the right hand horizontal
stabiliser in an incident at RomaCiampino Airport on 4th June of this
year. However, the aircraft was
repaired and returned to service and
is therefore included in the active
fleet.
In addition to the fleet of Boeing
737-800, Ryanair operate two
Learjet 45s for operational support.
M-ABEU was acquired in May 2012
and is based in Stansted. The second
Meanwhile of the seven aircraft on

lease for the summer, the two
AirExplore aircraft, Boeing 737-4Y0,
OM-AEX and Boeing 737-436 OMCEX were returned to Air Explore on
16th September. The three Boeing
738-8KN(W)s being leased from
FlyDubai, EI-FEB ex A6-FDD, EI-FEC
ex and EI-FED were due to return to
Dubai before the end of September.
The two Boeing 734-4Y0s leased
from Air Contractors parent company
ASL Aviation Group, EI-JRD ex ZSJRD and EI-JRE ex ZS-JRE which are
ex Safair have been returned. Both
aircraft departed Dublin on 2nd
September, EI-JRD at 09:37 as the
SFR330 and EI-JRE as the SFR335 at
05:30 arriving in Shannon at 05:50.
EI-JRD arrived in Johannesburg at
15:07 on the 3rd September.
Ryanair Business Plus

unveiled
On 27th August, Ryanair, unveiled
Ryanair Business Plus, offering
Europes business travellers a tailored
suite of travel benefits which include
flexibility on ticket changes, a 20kg
checked-in bag allowance, fast track
airport security at selected airports,
priority boarding and premium seats.
Business Plus is the latest in a long
line of customer improvements and
with more than 25% of its customers
travelling on business, Ryanair

continues to refine its business
service, with lower fares, biggest
route network and more city airport
routes.
Ryanair will soon launch a second
GDS partnership, to complement its
dedicated corporate and groups
service, which will allow even more
businesses access to low fares, saving
European companies millions in travel
expenses every year. Starting from
just 69.99, Ryanair Business Plus is
available to book on the Ryanair.com
website, with further information
available at
www.ryanair.com/ie/business-plus.
July and August traffic

updates
Ryanair released its June traffic
statistics on 3rd September which
shows that its August traffic grew by
400,000 to 9.4 million customers
(sold seats), an increase of 4% on
August 2013. The load factor was up
4% to 93% and for the rolling year to
August 2014 total bookings were
83.4 million, up 4%. Traffic in July
grew by 300,000 to 9.15 million
customers (up 4%) while load factor
increased 3% points from 88% to 91%.
Ryanairs Chief Marketing Officer,
Kenny Jacobs attributed the record
number to Ryanairs lower fares and
improving customer experience,
including its new website and mobile
Route updates
On 27th August Ryanair, launched its Dublin summer 2015 schedule announcing three new routes to/from Brussels
Zaventem, Cologne and Glasgow Intl, as well as increased frequencies on 12 other routes, which is expected to deliver
over 9.2 million customers per annum. This will bring to 81 the number of Dublin routes. There will also be more flights
and improved schedules on 12 other routes which will bring the total weekly return flights to 626, up 10%. Ryanair was
the first Irish airline to launch its summer 2015 schedule (three months earlier than last year). Although described as a
new route, Dublin-Brussels Zaventem route was actually launched as part of an extended Dublin winter 2014 schedule
on 21st August. The schedule is as follows:FR1452 DUB 06:30 09:20 BRU 738 x7
FR1453 BRU 10:35 11:25 DUB 738 x7
FR1454 DUB 10:30 13:20 BRU 738 145
FR1455 BRU 13:45 14:35 DUB 738 145
FR1452 DUB 10:30 13:20 BRU 738 7
FR1453 BRU 13:45 14:35 DUB 738 7
FR1456 DUB 17:00 19:50 BRU 738 x6
FR1457 BRU 20:15 21:05 DUB 738 x6
The extended Dublin winter 2014 schedule also introduced new routes to Basel, Bucharest, Cologne, Glasgow, Lisbon,
Marrakesh, Nice and Prague and Increased frequencies and improved schedules on 21 other routes. It will be interesting
to see how Cologne will fare as it is in competition with Germanwings. It features a later daily schedule as follows
FR8035 DUB 17:50 20:35 CGN 738
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app, allocated seating, a free second
small carry-on bag and PED use on all
flights. The launch of our new family
and business products have been
extremely successful and have
contributed significantly to these
highest ever load factors in Ryanairs
history he added.
Ryanair also announced its summer
2015 programme at Stansted,
including continuation of the new
winter routes and higher frequency
on 24 others with a 10% overall
increase in capacity planning to carry
17 million passengers (in an
unspecified 12 month period).
Ryanair will operate a total of 44
weekly return flights from Prestwick
next summer, and 57 return flights
from Glasgow. New flights will be
Chania in Crete and Carcassonne.
Ryanair will effectively switch seven
routes from Prestwick to Glasgow in
October - Carcassonne, Chania,
Derry, Dublin, Riga, Warsaw and
Wroclaw and will no longer fly to
Knock from the west of Scotland.
On 24th July, Ryanair launched two
new Shannon winter routes to/from
Kaunas and Manchester, as part of an
extended Shannon winter 2014
schedule, with 11 routes in total,
including five other new routes to
Berlin, Fuerteventura, Krakow, Paris
and Warsaw and extra flights to/from
London Stansted (12 to 14 p/w).
Eleven of Prestwicks remaining routes
next summer are to Spain, with the
remainder to Italy, Greece, Portugal
and Malta. Michael OLeary said the
airline now only covered its costs at
Prestwick, after previously making
quite a bit of money there, and
warned that if it started making
losses it could pull out. He added that
Ryanairs major maintenance base at
the Ayrshire airport would remain
whether we fly to Prestwick or not.
Mr OLeary said there would be no
new routes launched from Edinburgh
next summer because of a shortage
of new aircraft, but he signalled
expansion from winter next year after
another batch of new planes arrive
from Boeing. However, there will be
more flights on the existing Barcelona,
Pisa and Rome routes. He said the
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planned growth would make Ryanair

Edinburghs biggest airline. It is
currently third, behind easyJet and
British Airways, with 2 million, one in
five of the airports passengers.
Ryanair bids to acquire

Cyprus Airways
Following talks with the Cypriot
government concerning a possible
take-over of struggling Cyprus
Airways, Michael O'Leary said that
should Ryanair be successful in its bid,
it would focus on retaining the current
Cyprus Airways brand in addition to
operating under a separate AOC to
that of Ryanair. However he added
that the Cyprus government was
more likely to opt for a bid from
Greeces Aegean Air than that from
Ryanair for political and cultural
reasons. Ryanair and Aegean were
among nine companies that
submitted non-binding proposals for
the acquisition of Cyprus Airways.
Arkia (Israel) and Spanish Group
Arevenca in collaboration with Fly
Aruba are also reported as
contenders. Ryanair has also applied
to the Cyprus authorities for its own
Air Operators Certificate (AOC)
which would allow it to establish its
own airline on the island. This would
allow Ryanair to open up new markets
in the Mediterranean, Middle East and
Russia possibly flying under a Ryanair
Cyprus; banner.
An Israeli version of
Ryanair?
Ryanair is reportedly eager to
establish new regional low cost carrier
in Israel and Michael O'Leary has
confirmed that the airline has been
talks with Israeli authorities. The
difficulty is that once you go outside
Europe you need to have, in this case,
an Israeli air operator's certificate he
told the Irish Independent. "But it's still

very much on the front foot for us.
But the Israeli authorities have got
much more nervous about protecting
El Al Israel Airlines from competition
because of the recent events." The
new carrier would serve not only the
Israeli market, but also Russia, central
Europe, the United Kingdom, and
Germany among others. Ryanair has
dropped its plans to launch a direct
route from Dublin to St. Petersburg in
2014.
Ryanair First Quarter (Q1)

Results
On 28th July, Ryanair announced a
Q1 Net Profit of 197m, an increase
of 152% over last year, although
cautioned that this result was
distorted by the timing of a very
strong Easter in Q1 with no holiday
period in the prior year comparable.
Traffic grew to 24.3 million as load
factors rose by 4% points to 86%.
Average fare rose by 9%, boosted by
a strong Easter period, while total
revenues were up 11% to 1.496bn.
Unit costs fell by 2%, excluding fuel
they rose by 1%.
Michael OLeary reported that the
four new bases at Athens, Brussels,
Lisbon and Rome were performing
strongly; Their Always Getting Better
programme has also delivered
significant improvement to the
customer experience. In relation to
fuel, Ryanair are 90% hedged for
FY15 at approx. $96 (74.12) per
barrel, which will deliver savings of
50m this year at current market
rates. This is lower than the 70
million previously guided due to
increased volumes in H2. They have
also hedged 55% of their H1 FY16
fuel needs at approximately $95
(73.34) per barrel and weaker US$
which will deliver a 2% fall in our unit
fuel cost at current market rates.
Quarter 1 (IFRS)
June 30, 2013 June 30, 2014 % Change
Passengers(m)
23.2m
24.3m
+4%
Revenue(m)
1,342m
1,496m
+11%
Profit after Tax
78m
197m
+152%
Basic EPS( cent)
5.42
14.22
+162%
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previously worked with Ryanair for 17
years and contributed enormously to
Ryanairs growth and success until he
retired in March 2014. He served as
Ryanairs Deputy CEO and Chief
Operating Officer. His other nonexecutive directorships include Paddy
Power plc, Kingspan Group plc and he
is Chairman of Failte Ireland.
Ryanair seeks to expand its

management team
The new Ryanair offices in Swords, Co. Dublin
In other finance matters, the BBB+

rating awarded by S&P and Fitch
makes Ryanair the highest rated
airline in the world. This rating reflects
the strength of the Balance Sheet and
the highly cash generative business
model. This enabled Ryanair to issue
the first 850m unsecured Eurobond
in June at a coupon of 1.875% fixed
for 7 years. This attractively priced
financing (which was 7 times
oversubscribed) should further reduce
aircraft ownership costs over the next
5 years. In FY14 Ryanair completed
482 million of share buybacks as
part of a commitment to return 1
billion to shareholders over a 2 year
period. They now plan to return
another 520 million via a special
dividend of 37.50 cents per ordinary
share (subject to AGM approval) to
be paid in Q4 FY15. This brings the
total returns to shareholders since
2008 to over 2.5 billion which is
more than four times the 585
million originally raised from
shareholders since the 1997 IPO.
Ryanair now expect full year traffic to
grow by 5% to 86 million. This
increased traffic and higher load
factors, combined with a slightly
improved performance on unit costs
allows them to cautiously raise the full
year profit after tax guidance (from
the previous range 580 million to
620 million) to a range of 620
million to 650 million. However this
guidance, which is about a 21% rise
over last years net profit, is heavily,

reliant upon the final outturn for H2
yields over which Ryanair has zero
visibility currently.
Ryanair appoints Chief

Technology Officer as it
seeks to recruit other tec staff
On 20th
August
Ryanair
announced
the
appointment
of John
Hurley as its
Chief
New Chief Technology
Technology
Officer at Ryanair, John
Hurley
Officer. John
joined Ryanair
on 15th September from Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt plc and working
closely with the CEO and the Ryanair
Labs team, he will be responsible for
developing and implementing a
world-leading digital and technology
strategy, heading up a team of 200
people as he oversees the roll-out of
the Ryanair Labs digital innovation
hub based at Ryanairs new Dublin
Campus in Swords.
Ryanair appoints Michael

Cawley to its Board
On 8th August Ryanair appointed Mr
Michael Cawley to its Board. He had
Ryanair is seeking to recruit a Head of

Sales & Marketing to be located in its
offices at Airside Business Park,
Swords, Co Dublin. The new Head of
Sales and Marketing will start as soon
as possible and report to the Chief
Marketing Officer. Obviously, a
proactive and sales driven individual
who will hit the ground running and
enhance their sales and marketing
activity is what is required. The
successful candidate will have
experience in managing sales and
marketing teams across Europe and
some travel industry knowledge. They
will also be required to regularly travel
throughout Europe to meet our
business needs. Excellent communication skills are also important to this
role, while a second European
language (Spanish, German, French or
Italian) will be advantageous but not
essential. The successful applicant will
be responsible for managing a team
of 15 specialists servicing Ryanairs
sales and marketing needs. The
closing date for applications was 5th
September 2014. Ryanair is also
recruiting a Head of Corporates &
Groups also to be located in the
airlines offices at Airside Business
Park, Swords, Co Dublin. The new
Head of Corporates & Groups will
start as soon as possible and report to
the Chief Marketing Officer. Excellent
communication skills are also
important to this role as the
successful candidate will be
responsible for managing a team of
five, which will expand over the
coming months. The role has two
distinct areas (Corporates and
Groups); however the corporate
market will be the primary focus. The
closing date for applications was 29th
August 2014.
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Ryanair ground handling

contract
Ryanair has reportedly rescinded its
ground handling contract with
Swissport at Madrid Barajas Airport
after receiving authorisation to
conduct its own ground handling
services from the airport operator
AENA. Ryanair has self-handling
structures elsewhere in Spain, but
does not actually take handling staff
onto its payroll; instead it funds arms
length handling companies that work
exclusively for it.
Ryanair Launches Paypal

Partnership
On 18th August Ryanair, launched a
new payment partnership with
PayPal, providing customers, business
travellers, travel agents and corporate
travel departments with even more
ways to book and pay for the lowest
fares on the Ryanair.com website.
Ryanair wins injunction

against the screenscraper
website, eDreams
An interim injunction granted against
the screenscraper website, eDreams,
by the Regional Court of Hamburgs
(Landgericht Hamburg) on 30th July
preventing unlawful and misleading
advertising in connection with the
sale of Ryanair flights on the German
eDreams website. The Court
prohibited eDreams from advertising
misleading claims that it offers the
guaranteed best price on all flights on
their German website (edreams.de).
The Court ruled that eDreams cannot
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PayPal
offer the best deals on Ryanair flights

as it is levying an extra fee on top of
Ryanairs fares and as a result ruled
that eDreams cannot advertise with a
price guarantee on booked flights.
Ryanair has been engaged in several
legal cases against screenscraper
websites across Europe to prevent
Ryanair customers from being
subjected to extra charges and to
ensure Ryanair has appropriate
contact details to communicate with
its customers. Many of these
websites continue to cause problems
for Ryanair customers and/or
fail/refuse to pass on vital information
to both passengers and Ryanair
regarding issues such as flight
changes, web check-in, special needs
assistance and contact details, which
has resulted in missed flights and
repeated problems for customers.
New updated app

On 29th August, Ryanair launched
the latest update to its mobile app
making it even easier for customers
to browse, book, check-in, board and
fly on Europes lowest airfares. The
Ryanair app is available to download in
both iPhone and Android formats. The
update offers an improved booking
service, allows customers to avail of

Ryanairs new Business Plus service,
and clears expired boarding cards
(after 48 hours). Ryanairs app, which
has been downloaded over 2 million
times, is available in English, Italian and
Spanish, with further language
versions to follow, and is free from
the iTunes App Store and the Google
Play Store or from Ryanair.com.
and finally
Of course he had to do it and do it in
style. Over 200 smiling Ryanair
people took great pleasure in soaking
CEO Michael OLeary with buckets of
freezing water at Ryanairs Dublin
office on 21st August as he took up
the ice bucket challenge and raised
10,000 for the Jack & Jill
Foundation. A shivering Michael
OLeary said: Id like to curse Patrick
Kennedy of Paddy Power for my
nomination. I call on Willie Walsh
(IAG), Alexandre de Juniac (Air
France) and Carsten Spohr
(Lufthansa) to now get wet for
charity. If they cant freeze their high
fares, they can at least freeze
themselves.
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Passenger numbers at Waterford Airport in the

eight months to 31 August were up 42.5%
compared to the same period last year. August
has been the busiest month so far in 2014 at
Waterford Airport. Some 4,544 passengers
flew in and out of the airport during the month
compared to 3,993 in the same month last
year an increase of 13.8%.
Aer Lingus' new Chief Revenue Officer Mike Rutter

confirmed that there would be Belfast City service
enhancements on a number of fronts. The airline is looking
at beginning services to Manchester/Birmingham; there
could be an extra daily flight to Gatwick, a possible fourth
daily rotation from Belfast City to Heathrow; while the
airline is also looking at further direct services to Europe.
(Operating as Aer Lingus Regional):

Aer Lingus Regional, operated by
Stobart Air, announced the addition of
a new route to its network on 2nd
September, with double daily flights
to Leeds Bradford due to begin on
23rd October. The expansion is part
of the ongoing success of the
franchise agreement between Stobart
Air and Aer Lingus which saw both a
Shannon to Bristol and Cork to
Newcastle service launched earlier
this year. Aer Lingus Regional expects
to carry up to 70,000 customers
annually and it is the first time that
Aer Lingus has operated flights to
Leeds Bradford in 14 years. Ryanair
currently operates 11 round trips on
the route and is going to double daily
from 14th September. On the debit
side Stobart Air will cease flying
between Shannon and Manchester on
27th October, the day after Ryanair
commences services on the same
route. It currently operates a three
times daily service to Manchester
using a 48 seat ATR42-300 turbo
prop aircraft while the new Ryanair
service will be a single daily flight
using a 189 seat Boeing 737-800.
While Stobart Air says its decision is
not connected with the Ryanair
service but it is said to be
disappointed that Shannon allowed
another airline on the same route. The
news comes as Aer Lingus Regional

experienced its third successive
record-breaking month in August with
an increase of 49% in passenger
numbers at Shannon for the month.
The airline carried 143,943
passengers across the Aer Lingus
Regional network in August; a 19%
increase on the same month in 2013
and this represents the 14th
consecutive month of passenger
growth at the airline. Over 900,000
passengers have been flown on the
Aer Lingus Regional network since the
beginning of the calendar year, an
increase of 176,000 (up 24%)
passengers compared to the same
period in 2013. Passenger traffic at
Dublin Airport experienced another
record month with numbers up 22%
in August compared to the same
month last year while in Cork,

passenger numbers were up for the
fifth consecutive month (13%
increase). The summer services from
Dublin and Cork to Rennes and Jersey
were up 26% on last year. Passenger
numbers were also up on the airlines
Dublin Kerry service by 3%, its sixth
consecutive month of growth. There
was a record month on its Dublin
Isle of Man route. Aer Lingus Regional
also reported a 32% growth in UK
passengers transferring to transatlantic flights at Dublin and Shannon
airports in the year to date. Finally,
Stobart Air is reportedly in talks to
expand what is known as its white
label business (flying for other
airlines) beyond the current Aer
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On 9th September, Finnair announced that as part of its
summer 2015 schedule it will add seasonal services to
Dublin, Athens and Malta. The Dublin service to Dublin
begins on 30th March with Malta and Athens following in
early April. The Dublin service will operate the service six
days per week (except Tuesdays) with a 100-seater
Embraer 190 aircraft, operated on behalf of Finnair by
Flybe Finland. The airline, which is part of the oneworld
alliance, withdrew its previous Dublin-Helsinki service in
2007. Finnair recently reached an agreement with pilots on
a series of cost-cutting measures that will generate
savings of 17 million a year. The savings, agreed to by the
Finnish Air Line Pilots Association (SLL), will largely be
achieved through salary and working time changes. In June,
Finnair and SLL had agreed to transfer to a new wage
model, but the savings solution ultimately agreed upon is
based on the current wage model. Approximately 11
million worth of savings will be realised gradually over the
two-year collective labour agreement (CLA); the remaining
Just days after Finnair announced the launch of its

Helsinki to Dublin service Flybe announced on 12th
September that it had secured a codeshare
agreement with the Finnish carrier from its
Manchester hub. This will allow Flybes passengers
seamless onward travel from 15th September
onwards to Finnair destinations in Finland and on to
the Scandinavian airlines wider global network, which
includes 15 Asian destinations. The timetables for
Finnairs twice-daily services between Manchester
and Helsinki are designed for optimal connections to
Asia. It is also a bonus for the 11 regional airports
directly served by Flybe flights including Belfast City
which now benefits from the additional passengers
as Flybes Finnish airline partner in turn extends its
service to these airports. Aer Lingus and Flybe are
now offering connection between Southend,
Inverness and Southampton and the Aer Lingus North
American gateways on the Aer Lingus on-line
booking engine, but not on the Aer Lingus timetable
or the Flybe web-site. These are not code-shares and
the cross-channel sectors offered only as part of
transatlantic itineraries. No connections are shown for
London City.
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6 million will be achieved through changes to pilot

pension schemes and employment terms for new pilots. In
return, Finnair will not impose pilot redundancies for the
next two years, and will study and implement a pilot
incentive plan. The whole savings agreement is contingent
upon this incentive plan, which will be formulated this fall.
Meanwhile Finnair cabin crew union and management are
reported back in talks after the recent outsourcing decision.
Germanwings now offers connecting flights (via Cologne and

Dusseldorf) from Dublin to a wide range of destinations.
Bookable on its web-sites are services to destinations such as
Berlin (from 69.99), Prague (129), Rome (89.99),
Stockholm (89.99), Tel Aviv (159), Warsaw (89.99),
Vienna (109) and Zurich ((89.99). Germanwings was the
subject of a European Court of Justice judgement recently
when they ruled that the actual arrival time of a flight
corresponds to the time at which at least one of the doors of
the aircraft is opened. The judgment was passed today in
answer to the question raised by Germanwings which had
sought to avoid paying 250 compensation after a flight from
Salzburg to Cologne/Bonn was delayed. The airline claimed
the actual arrival time was when the aircraft touched down
rather than when it reached its parking position. The extra
time to reach the stand after a flight delay had triggered the
compensation payment. Compensation for delayed arrival is
payable after a three hour delay on EU flights. Germanwings
suffered significant financial losses due to a six-hour strike
by the Vereinigung Cockpit pilots union which caused 116
flights to be cancelled and affected 15,000 passengers on
28th August. The strike was called in protest at plans to
change the current scheme in which pilots retire at 55 and
retain some of their pay until they reach the state pension
age. Germanwings has some 700 pilots.
AIRLINE NEWS
Russian airline Transaero which has the second largest fleet of
Irish aircraft after Ryanair with a fleet of 103 aircraft 84 of
which are on the Irish register recently converted an outstanding
order with Boeing for four B787-8s. The original deal, which
was finalised in April 2012, was valued at $744 million (575
million) at list prices. First delivery was expected in 2014 while
deliveries of the B747-8s are scheduled to begin in 2015. The
carrier also has four Airbus A380s on order. The arrival of the
new B747s will bolster the airline's growing widebody fleet
which, from next year until 2019, will see one A380-800 arrive
each year replacing its outgoing fleet of twenty B747-400s. In
July at the Farnborough Airshow, it signed a letter of intent with
Airbus for 12 A330neos and eight A330ceos. Transaero has
also deferred the delivery of six SSJ 100-95s from Sukhoi Civil
Aircraft to a later date. Transaeros fleet includes 46 Boeing
737s (37 of them Irish registered), 20 Boeing 747s (15 Irish),
18 Boeing 767s (all Irish), 14 Boeing 777(all Irish), plus 5
Russian registered Tu-204-100Cs/ Tu-214s.
Tarom:
Tarom has announced that it will add
a weekly Lasi Dublin Service from
late-October as part of its winter
schedule. Lasi, (also referred to as
Jassy or Iassy) pronounced yash is
one of the largest cities and municipalities in Romania and is located in
the Moldavia region. Its airport (IATA
Code IAS) is located some 194 miles
(313 km) north east of Bucharests
Otopeni (Henri Coanda Intl.). The

service, the RO399/400, arrives in
Dublin at 23:35 on Thursdays and
departs in the early hours of the
following morning at 00:20 arriving
in Lasi, at 05:55. Tarom is also
operating a twice weekly service to
Otopeni over the winter. The
RO397/8 arrives in Dublin on
Wednesdays and Sundays at 23:30
and departs in the early hours of the
following morning at 00:20 arriving
in Bucharest at 05:50.
Turkish Airlines: For the first half of 2014 Turkish

Airlines reported an increase in sales revenue of
37% (15% in USD terms) reaching 11.3 billion
Turkish Lira (3.95 billion) compared to the same
period of 2013, Turkish Airlines recorded 495
million Turkish Lira (172.81 million) operating
profit and 398 million Turkish Lira (138.92
million) net profit in the second quarter of 2014,
completing the first half year with 312 million
Turkish Lira (108.9 million) operating profit and
172 million Turkish Lira (60.04 million) net
profit. During the first half of 2014, 26 million
passengers were carried implying a 17% increase
in passenger traffic. Available seat kilometers
(ASK) and revenue passenger kilometers (RPK)
increased by 19%, resulting in a stable load factor
of 79%. The number of international to international transfer passengers increased by 28%
reaching a 44% share of international passengers.
Turkish Airlines has scheduled flights to 45
domestic and 218 international destinations in
260 cities and 108 countries worldwide. Its fleet
consists of 263 aircraft comprising of 200
narrow body, 54 wide body and 9 cargo aircraft.
Turkish Airlines are expected to replace Samsung
as Chelsea shirt sponsors next season according
to the Daily Mail. The Blues current deal with
Samsung ends at the end of the season and
Turkish Airlines are reported to be favourites to
become Chelsea's new shirt sponsor. Turkish
Airlines also struck deal with Barcelona and
Manchester United recently and have been
involved in a promotional campaign with Lionel
Messi and Kobe Bryant. It has also recently
signed partnership and sponsorship agreements
with Borussia Dortmund, Marseille and Aston
Villa. Chelsea's current deal with Samsung is
worth around 18 million (22.57 million) a year
but the Korean company are not expected to
renew their deal at the end of the season.
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AIRLINE NEWS
There is increasing speculation that Little Red - Virgin

Atlantics domestic UK service - operated by Aer Lingus
between London Heathrow and Manchester, Edinburgh and
Aberdeen, is likely to be phased out, just 18 months after it
was launched. Most recently, the Sunday Times quoting
unnamed sources close to the airline's operations, said that
the decision to wind-up Little Red's operations came after
the carrier failed to garner enough market share with some
flights operating with only a load factor of just one-third.
Official figures published by the Civil Aviation Authority
(CAA) earlier this year confirmed earlier suspicions of low
loads and showed Little Reds load factor was just 37.6% in
2013. The statistics show little improvement for 2014,
still below 50% load factor on a monthly basis. Responding
to the report in The Sunday Times, a spokesman for Virgin
Atlantic, said: We look at Little Red through the same lens
as the rest of the business it must deliver on
performance, potential or strategic contribution. Little Red
is still in its growth phase, so it is too early to comment on
these criteria. Much will depends on how much
incremental long-haul revenue Little Red contributes to

Virgin Atlantic and Delta who acquired a 49% stake in
Virgin Atlantic in 2012. A close scrutiny of the airlines
current route structure has already led to the axing of
routes to Cape Town, Mumbai Int'l, Vancouver Int'l, and
Tokyo Narita as it attempts to refocus on Transatlantic
routes with three additional daily transatlantic flights from
next summer from Heathrow to Atlanta, New York (JFK)
and Los Angeles and a five times a week service to San
Francisco as well as a new daily service from London
Heathrow to Detroit. There will also be an additional daily
service during the winter season from London Heathrow to
Miami. A transfer of operations with joint venture partner
Delta Air Lines that will see Virgin Atlantic fly a daily service
between Manchester and Atlanta and Delta fly one of
Virgin Atlantics existing London Heathrow to Newark
services.
British Airways (BA): British Airways (BA) has introduce a

facility on its website ba.com which allows passengers to
hold their BA flight reservation for up to 72 hours for as
little as 5 on short-haul flights and 10 per person on
long-haul flights. This gives customers the time to make
sure they are happy with their flight choices before paying
for them. If within 72 hours customers want to pay for
their flights, the hold deposit is refunded and the ticket can
be bought. BA is also offering passengers from Ireland the
chance to travel in style this autumn with reductions of

over 30% on flights to destinations worldwide. Fridge
magnets, novelty t-shirts and miniature statues were once
the souvenirs to bring home from your travels. However in
recent years a taste for travel means that international
foods are the top tourist take-aways, according to insight
from British Airways. UK visitors to Ireland for example take
home the local white pudding, soda bread and cheese and
onion Taytos crisps. Visitors also shop for Guinness, Paddy
Whiskey and Baileys Irish Cream. Finally British Airways
rolled out the red carpet at Heathrow in early September
for a customer, Adam Rowland, a 30-year-old online
marketing manager from Epping, who had travelled a
staggering 18,479 miles in just five days on 12 flights, in
an effort to bag himself a British Airways gold card. He was
officially presented with his new Gold card at Terminal 5 on
9th September in the First lounge at Terminal 5, which he
will now be able to make full use of. For details of his travels
see http://vegadventure.weebly.com/.
Monarch Airlines: Monarch Airlines has begun talks with

trade unions and The Pensions Regulator (TPR) about
cutting employees pay, benefits and defined benefit
(DB) pension payouts. Its 3,300 employees are being asked to take pay cuts and productivity
improvements of between 25% and 35%, on top of 900 job losses. Monarchs management
team has also taken voluntary pay cuts of up to 30%. The airlines DB scheme, which closed
to new members more than 10 years ago, still has a deficit of 158 million (198.37
million). Monarch DB scheme members are likely to face an unpleasant choice either vote to accept cuts to their
retirement income or Monarch could hand the scheme to the Pension Protection Fund, where payouts for yet-toretiree employees are capped at 25,000 annually. This could lead to industrial action and a spokesperson for the British
Airline Pilots Association said ass we went to press: We anticipate balloting our members on [changes to terms and
conditions] in the next week or so. However Monarch and TPR declined to comment.
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PEOPLE NEWS
Colm
Barrington
On 3rd September Aer
Lingus announced that Mr.
Colm Barrington, Aer Lingus
Chairman, has been reappointed as Chairman for a
further term of one year to
expire in September 2015.
Mr. Barrington was first
appointed as Aer Lingus
Chairman in September
2008. It also announced the
retirement of Mr. Andrew
Macfarlane as a director of
the Company on 1st
September 2014. The
Companys new Chief
Financial Officer, Mr.
Bernard Bot, joined the
Board as a director of the
Company on the same day.
Liz McMeikan
On 1st August, Flybe
announced the
appointment of Liz
McMeikan as a NonExecutive Director with
immediate effect. A Senior
Independent Director at
JD Wetherspoon plc and
one who chairs the
Remuneration Committee
at Unite Group plc, she is
also a Non-Executive
Director at Fresca Group
and Chairman of the Moat
Housing Association. She
spent her early career at
Colgate-Palmolive and
then at Tesco, establishing
Tesco Express and being
appointed Stores Board
Director for Change
Management and Human
Resources
Calin
Rovinescu
The International Air
Transport Association
(IATA) announced that
Calin Rovinescu, President
and CEO of Air Canada,
has assumed his duties as
Chairman of the IATA
Board of Governors for a
one-year term. He
succeeds Richard H.
Anderson, CEO of Delta
Air Lines, whose one-year
term expired at the
conclusion of the
Association's 70th Annual
General Meeting (AGM)
and World Air Transport
Summit in Doha, Qatar
earlier this year.
Simon Daly
Simon Daly, former British
Airways sales manager for
Ireland, the Channel
Islands and UK regions has
been appointed to the
position of Director
Topflight Worldwide,
taking up his new role on
11th August. Meanwhile
Falcon Holidays, part of
the TUI Group, has
appointed Carol Anne
ONeill as head of its
operations in Ireland.
Silvano Cassano
Alitalia announced the appointment of Silvano Cassano as CEO, effective on the
regulatory approval of transaction implementation agreement signed with Etihad
Airways. Alitalia stated: "Alitalia and Etihad Airways identified Mr Cassano as the most
suitable candidate after appropriate consultation. Mr Cassano has more than 35 years
of experience in senior management roles across a number of industries. He has also
served as chairman and CEO of Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci, CEO of
global fashion brand Benetton Group, CEO of Fiat Auto Financial and Consumer
Services, and Vice President European Operations at Hertz Europe."
easyJet launched its first ever TV

campaign in the UK from 13th
September focused on what it has to
offer business travellers. Passengers
travelling for business now account
for more than a fifth of easyJet's
passengers with more than 12
million choosing the airline every year
and that number continues to
grow. The campaign, called Business
Sense, has actor Hugh Laurie as the

new voice of the campaign. It aims to
highlight the advantages of flying
with easyJet with the TV ads
focussing on the airlines strong
record for punctuality pointing out
that last year, on average, easyJet
was more punctual across Europe
than British Airways. Earlier on 5th
September easyJet announced that it
expects that Friday to be the busiest
day in its history with 1451 flights
carrying over 210,000 passengers
taking-off across its entire network.
For its 2015 summer schedule

easyJet will offer over 86,000 flights
between 29th March and 31st May
next year. More than 48,000 of
these will fly in and out of the UK.
Over 14 million seats are available
for purchase on these routes. easyJet
has bases across 11 UK airports,
including Belfast and currently has
over 700 routes on sale to
destinations across Europe, the
Middle East, North Africa and Russia
- 379 of which touch the UK.
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MCC/JOC on B737x fixed base simulator

JOC on A320 full motion simulator
The USAF F-16s arrive over Croke Park for the flypast
as the final chords of the US National anthem is played
below. Perfect timing! Frank Grealish.
Simtech were also on hand recently to co-ordinate the aerial

operations as part of the festivities surrounding the American
Football game which was held at Croke Park on 30th August. The
ball was parachuted into the ground by two parachutists, although
one landed on the adjoining railway tracks behind Hill 16. There was
also a flypast by two USAF F-16 fighter jets from their base in
Ramstein. The jets made a low pass over Croke Park just as the final
chords of the US national anthem was playing. The aircraft flew out
over the City and returned to the UK for fuel before travelling
onwards to their German base.
Colin Curran with the US

Cheerleaders after his
arrival in Croke Park.
The view of Croke Park as

the parachutists arrive over
the stadium.
Recent students to pass through Simtech were, from Left to Right: Eric Mullane,
Duncan Brown, Graham Woods, Laurence Hardisty and Tom Barker
The two USAF F-16s as they go

overhead. Joe McDermott
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Bombardiers CSeries flies again but

uncertainties remain
Bombardier Commercial
Aircraft confirmed that the
CSeries aircraft resumed
flight testing with flight test
vehicle two (FTV2), C-GWYD
returning to the air on 7th
September at its Mirabel,
Qubec facility.
It took off at 18:10 for a 35 minute
test flight which followed what
Bombardier described as an in-depth
review and analysis of the enginerelated incident that occurred during
stationary ground maintenance
testing involving CSeries aircraft
FTV1, C-FBCS on 29th May. It added
Pratt and Whitney alongside
Bombardier, has taken appropriate
measures to address the issue,
including the modification of the
engines oil lubrication system. Total
CSeries tests are now over 115
including the latest flight with FTV1
having 66 flights completed, FTV2
27, FTV3 about 20 and FTV4 only 4.
In the three months and nine days
since Pratt & Whitney personnel
reportedly caused severe damage to
number 1 engine while servicing it still
attached to the aircraft. Since then,
the only one time engines where
started again on a CSeries, was on
test aircraft FTV4, at Mirabel, and it
was for just a few minutes, a few
days after the incident. Rob Dewar,
Vice President, CSeries Aircraft
Program, Bombardier Commercial
Aircraft. Said that the aircrafts geared
turbofan (GTF) engine has over
10,000 hours of ground and flight
testing and Bombardier were
confident that it will enter into
service meeting or exceeding the fuel
burn, emissions, thrust and noise
specifications, as promised by Pratt &
Whitney. The manufacturer remains
confident that the CS100 aircraft will
enter service in the second half of
2015, with the larger CS300
following about six months later but
the question remains whether
Bombardier can quickly increase the
pace of test flying to achieve the 1.6
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The C-Series has resumed tests
hours per aircraft per day needed to

complete the 2,400 hour programme
to meet this deadline.
Bombardier has 203 firm orders for
the CSeries and hopes to reach 300
before the first delivery. Including the
203 orders, it has 513 total
commitments but the incident has
unnerved several customers. The
planned launch operator, Braathens'
Malm Aviation unit informed
Bombardier on 29th August that it
would not assume the role of formal
launch operator for the CS100. It
has firm orders for 10 CSeries
aircraft. It added that due to
increased uncertainty it was
discussing other possible changes to
the aircraft delivery schedule with
Bombardier. The move is almost
unprecedented as launch operators
rarely back out, and manufacturers
generally work hard to keep them on
board. A Bombardier spokesman said
the role of launch customer was
never signed or set in stone and that
several airlines are interested in
becoming the first operator. Swiss
International Air Lines unit also denied
that it ever intended to be the first
operator and had timed the
introduction with the retirement of its
twenty-strong fleet of Avro RJ100s.
Swiss has had to reconsider its
options and is proposing to lease
EMB-190s from Helvetic as an

interim solution to replace four of its
oldest Avro RJ-100s that will be
replaced as they come up for major
checks later this year. The airline has
said it would look to Bombardier to
absorb some of the costs of this
arrangement. Republic Airways, the
type's largest customer, said it was
weighing options on what to do with
an aircraft that no longer fits into its
operating model although hasn't yet
decided to cancel the firm order it
made in 2010 for 40 CS300s. New
customers are sparse with
Bombardier pinning its hopes on
winning orders from CityJet for up to
30 aircraft and China Express for
more than 20 aircraft. Other
potential customers are Libyan
Airlines, Abu Dhabi-based charter
carrier Royal Jet and West African
carrier Arik Air although local flagship
carrier Air Canada ruled out ordering
the aircraft.
Bombardier surprised many analysts
and investors by securing a sizeable
number of orders for the CSeries at
the Farnborough airshow, despite the
aircraft not being present. This is
good news for Belfast where its
advanced composite wings are made.
Four new CSeries aircraft customers
announced during the show bringing
the customer list to 20 firm orders,
The Bombardier factory
Production of the C-Series
conditional purchase agreements and

letters of intent for a total of 74
aircraft announced. Two letters of
intent (LOIs) for up to 24 CS100
aircraft were by Falko Regional
Aircraft Limited and over the week,
Loong Air, Petra Airlines and an
undisclosed African airline joined Falko.
In addition, an existing customer
signed a conditional purchase
agreement for up to 13 CS300
aircraft, and airBaltic and Falcon
Aviation revealed themselves as

previously undisclosed customers. In
addition Export Development Canada,
UK Export Finance, and
Investissement Qubec announced
that they have jointly developed a
working model for partnered
financing of CSeries aircraft
customers. Bombardier also
celebrated surpassing the milestone
of 500 firm orders for the Q400
NextGen aircraft program with the
latest order from Horizon Air and Nok
Air and it officially announced a
cargo-passenger combi configuration
of the turboprop.
In the wake of the problems with the
aircraft, Bombardier announced a
reorganisation of its aerospace unit on
23rd July into three segments
focused on business aircraft,
commercial aircraft and
aerostructures and engineering
services. The reorganisation will see
1,800 aerospace jobs cut from its
76,000 strong workforce half of
whom work in aerospace. The job
cuts are in addition to reductions
announced in January when
Bombardier said it would cut 1,700
aerospace jobs. Belfast will lose
Galway Airport
Galway City and County Councils, the airports owners have issued a tender
for a feasibility study to be carried out to examine the short, medium and
long-term potential of the site in recognition of the current capital
investment limitations within the Irish economy. The two Galway councils
bought the airport site for 1.1 million last November in a bid to ensure that
the economic potential of the 115-acre site. The tender documents also ask
the successful tenderer to provide a rationale for the selection of shortlist of
proposals and the options' financial implications. A number of uses can be
considered for the land's future use including manufacturing activity;
Research & Development; renewable energy activity; food production;
logistics and providing a site for the film industry. Amongst the aviation
proposals under consideration is an air-taxi service between Galway and
Dublin, with the possibility this might be expanded to other routes at a later
stage. The closing date for the lodgement of tenders was 11th September.
95% of the former Galway airport's equipment has already been purchased
by Ballinasloe-based Brian Conneely of the Conneely Group. He also owns
Weston Airport in Dublin and has obtained an initial 11-month licence to
operate the Galway site as an airport allowing it to operate or oversee
operations of an air service or services. Galway Airport had closed last year,
except the activities of the Galway Flying Club. The Conneely Group imports
jet fuel itself, meaning it will be competitively priced, including transit flights.
A training operation is also planned, which will leverage on a training deal
recently signed between Etihad and Weston Airport. The first Etihad students
are due in Weston in September on two core programmes, Aviation English
and Up-Skilling of Existing Aviation Staff. The group is approaching other
airlines about undertaking similar training in Galway. A centre for aviation
training and education is ultimately envisaged for Galway Airport, which
already has cabin crew, pilot and fire safety training facilities in place.
almost 400 jobs as part of the

restructuring. 300 are contract and
temporary staff but it will also be
looking at 90 redundancies from its
permanent workforce.
As part of this restructuring
Bombardier Aerospace President and
Chief Operating Officer Guy Hachey
(59), the head of its aerospace
division has retired. His retirement
was the latest senior departure from
the CSeries programme. Last year,
Bombardier replaced Chet Fuller, head
salesman for the CSeries while Gary
Scott, head of Bombardier's
commercial plane unit retired in 2011.
The new business structure will be
developed over the next few months
and the new structure will be in place
by 1st January next.
Finally, Chinas Comac and Bombardier
have dropped plans to pursue cockpit
commonality in the C919 and
CSeries, after detailed study found
too many differences between the
types. Studies continue on other
common features between the
aircraft, along with collaborative
efforts on other fronts including sales,
marketing and customer service.
Ireland West Airport Knock

August was yet another record month
for the airport as a total of 102,774
passengers passed through making it
busiest month in the airports history
surpassing the record July figure
(91,028). It was also the first time in
the 28 year history of the airport that
over 100,000 passengers have used
it in a calendar month and represents a
20% increase on passenger numbers
in August 2013. August traffic
to/from the UK was up 21% on
August 2013, while passenger traffic
to/from mainland and continental
Europe increased by 16%, highlighting
again the airports importance as the
main Western gateway for the Wild
Atlantic Way & the West & North
West of Ireland. The airports main
airline partners, Flybe, Aer LIngus,
Ryanair & Germanwings showed an
increase in passenger numbers and
record load factors compared to
August 2013. Now serving 25
International destinations the airport is
on track to record the busiest year on
record with passenger numbers
expected to reach 700,000 for the
first time.
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Dublin Airport slams Regulators

stance as passenger numbers increase
In a statement 10th September,
the Dublin Airport Authority (daa)
has warned that Dublin Airport
faces stagnation due to what it
describes as the Regulators
misguided stance.
This follows the publication by the
Commission for Aviation Regulation (CAR)
of its Draft Determination on 29th May
which sets out a draft airport charges cap
for the period 2015-2019 and to outline
the reasoning behind the proposal.
Interested parties were invited to
comment on the Commission's proposals
by 31st July and in a formal submission to
the CAR, the daa warns that traffic growth
at Dublin Airport, which handles more than
80% of all international flights to and from
the State, will be stifled over the next five
years by the regulators failure to allow
essential investments aimed at improving
facilities at Terminal 1, growing transfer
passenger numbers, expanding the use of
the main runway, and delivering additional
aircraft parking areas. It adds that the
regulators position on a number of these
planned investments is directly contrary to
the Governments emerging National
Aviation Policy, which supports the
development of Dublin Airport as a
secondary hub, and prioritises the delivery
of new routes and services, particularly to
new and emerging markets. In its draft
determination CAR has vetoed almost
170 million worth of essential upgrades including projects specifically aimed at
boosting passenger numbers and
investments in new security measures that
are required by law - and proposed
lowering airport charges by an
unsustainable 22% over the next five
years.
Describing these measures as
fundamental errors that could affect
safety and security at Dublin Airport it
adds, CARs stance on security staffing
levels and essential investments in security
screening procedures makes no sense. The
regulator has vetoed mandatory
investments in new security screening
equipment needed to comply with new
European regulations and has also refused
to allow a number of airfield
enhancements that will help improve
safety. The Irish Aviation Authority, which
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is responsible for aviation security oversight

within the State and is Dublin Airports
safety regulator, has also raised significant
concerns in relation to CARs proposals in a
separate submission to the regulator. CAR
has blocked projects that would help
deliver additional growth at Dublin Airport,
such as an improved transfer facility to
boost this fast-growing segment of Dublin
Airports business, an upgrade to Terminal
1, which is now more than 40 years old,
and airfield improvements to improve
safety and allow increased use of the
existing runway at busy times. The
regulator has also decided to delay the
delivery of a new parallel runway at Dublin
Airport beyond the next five years but the
regulator has increased that threshold to
25 million passengers per year, pushing the
delivery of a new runway into the next
decade. The foundation for the regulators
financial calculations on operating costs is
also flawed the daa claim, as it is based on
a scenario whereby Dublin Airport would
operate with 100 fewer security staff
while 580 other staff would be outsourced.
But the regulator fails to explain how its
forecast savings could be achieved, given
prevailing Irish law in relation to the transfer
of staff, or how Dublin Airport could
continue to operate in those circumstances.
The daa wants the charges, which airlines
pass on to passengers, capped at 13.50,
although it has said it does not intend to
increase them from this years average of
10.50 by any more than the rate of
inflation. It maintains that it is already
cheaper than rival airports. In 2012 its fees
were 10.45 per passenger, 24% lower
than European peers, which charged an
average of 13.64. Ryanair backed the
aviation regulators plan for a 22% cut in
passenger charges and said that the airport
does not need further cash for capital
spending now that T2 is up and running.
CAR is due to issue its final determination
by the end of September.
Almost 2.3 million passengers passed
through Dublin Airport in August, a 6%
increase on the same month last year.
European Passenger numbers increased by
6% to just under 1.3 million passengers.
Almost 695,000 passengers travelled to
UK destinations in August, an increase of
3% compared to last year. Transatlantic
traffic to North America increased by 14%
with 260,000 passengers travelling on this

route sector last month. Traffic to other
international destinations - mainly flights to
the Middle East and charters to North
Africa - increased by 17% to just under
67,000. Passenger numbers on domestic
routes grew by 8% with 8,000 people
travelling on domestic flights last month.
Dublin Airport has welcomed almost 14.6
million passengers in the first eight months
of this year, a 7% increase on the same
period in 2013.
On 10th September, Dublin Airport
launched a new one-stop shop allowing
passengers to pre-book book services such
as Fast Track Security, Executive Lounges,
Concierge assistance and Car Parks online
under a new Dublin Airport Travel Services
umbrella. Previously some of these services
were marketed under the Airport Genie
label. The new service makes it easier for
passengers to book additional services
directly from the Dublin Airport website in
advance of travel
(http://www.dublinairport.com/home.aspx)
Finally, a planning application for an aviation
fuel pipeline between Dublin port and
Dublin airport is to be lodged with the City
and Fingal councils in coming weeks. The
project, proposed by a company called
Independent Pipeline Company, is backed
by Co Laois-based engineering concern
Fingleton White, and Dublin-based fuel
transporters Reynolds Logistics. Fingleton
White previously received planning
permission for an underground pipeline
between the port and airport in 2001, but
this was never built due to uncertainty in
the aviation industry after the attack on
New Yorks Twin Towers. The original route
of the pipeline was via East Wall and
Clonliffe roads to Drumcondra and onwards
via Whitehall. However, the latest
application takes a 4.4km longer route from
the port, travelling along East Wall Road,
Alfie Byrne Road, Clontarf Road, and via the
Howth Road and Copeland Avenue to the
Malahide Road. The pipeline then follows
the Malahide Road, passing through
Donnycarney, Artane and Coolock before
turning west at the Clare Hall roundabout
and going via Darndale, Belcamp and the
Clonshaugh Road to skirt ALSAA, and
across the M1 motorway to the airport.
US Department of Transportation rejected

Norwegian Air Internationals application
The US Department of
Transportation (DoT) has
rejected Norwegian Air
International (NAI)s
application for exemption
application for a foreign
air carrier permit.
The order Issued by the DoT on 2nd
September dismissed on procedural
grounds the application of Norwegian Air
International Ltd (NAI) for an exemption
under 49 U.S.C. 40109 stating that the
Department does not find that a
temporary exemption is appropriate or in
the public interest. Nevertheless it
continues to process the applicants permit
application. A tentative decision on the
permit application will be issued after the
Department completes its review of the
record and its deliberations regarding the
application. Norwegian in a statement
urged the DoT to expedite its review and
issue NAIs foreign carrier permit fly to the
U.S. It added that the announcement to
dismiss the exemption application simply
gives DoT additional time to consider NAIs
permit application. It is not a denial as
Norwegian Air Shuttle already holds a
permit to fly between Europe and the U.S.,
and Norwegian Air Shuttles existing
operations to the U.S. were not affected by
the announcement. Norwegian has begun
flights from London Gatwick and Los
Angeles (2nd July), New York (3rd July) and
Fort Lauderdale (4th July). Norwegian is
now a major player at Gatwick, having
established a crew base there in 2013. It
now offers 41 routes from London Gatwick
and has around 90 pilots and 200 cabin
crew members based there.
NAI is likely to continue to encounter stiff
resistance to its expansion in the US where
the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), the
largest airline pilot union in the world, has
secured significant political support. An
amendment in the spending bill for the

Department of Transportation essentially
called for the agency to deny a Norwegian
Airlines subsidiary from operating in the U.S.
One of the measures proposers, Rep. Peter
DeFazio, an Oregon Democrat, accused the
airline of trying to drive this industry to the
lowest common denominator. I have yet
to sit next to a person who wants to pay a
lower fare with the prospect of having an
incompetent pilot whos going to kill them,
he was reported as saying. Former
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has
also weighed in saying that the federal
government should withhold a permit for
the carrier, pending further studies which
is in fact what happened. ALPA official
Michael Robbins added that Norwegians
set up in Ireland, could upend the entire
aviation industrys status quo, threatening
the jobs of American pilots and the safety
of passengers adding it is setting a
precedent that would force other carriers
to look at doing the same thing, which
could lead to a loss of flying opportunity
[for] American pilots. How comfortable
are you flying with an airline that doesnt fly
into or out of the country thats supposed
to be providing oversight of it? he added.
Obviously he is not aware of the fleets of
Irish registered aircraft operated across the
world with perfect oversight and indeed
what about the American registered aircraft
not based and operated worldwide.
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NAI is considering launching a Dublin to

Bangkok service next year according to a
report in the Irish Times which quoted a
spokesman for the company confirming
that the airline is considering launching a
Dublin-Bangkok service. The spokesman
pointed out there is no regular, direct link
between the two cities, but said there does
appear to be demand. He added that
should the airline decide to go ahead, it is
likely it would launch it next year. From
30th October, NAI will offer services
between Copenhagen and Bangkok. The
new route will operate twice a week and
adds to existing routes between Bangkok
and Oslo and Stockholm.
Norwegian is also upgrading its service to
passengers with premium tickets on
intercontinental flights between Europe and
the U.S. and Asia. The improved service
includes access to airport lounges as well as
enhanced in-flight service.
To fuel its expansion NAI wants to add
more Boeing 787s to its fleet the airline's
chief executive told the Wall Street Journal.
NAI has taken delivery of seven Boeing
787-8s to date, the latest of which is EILNG. This aircraft arrived in Dublin as the
NAX82Q at 23:15 on 24th June. It
departed again as the NAX81F at 18:58 on
29th June. It received the tail logo and
name Edvard Munch
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Words and photos by Tim McGill
An unusual visitor to the Jet Assist Business Jet Centre facility at Belfast International was this Vans RV-8A which is currently
undertaking a Round The World trip. The pilot, Mr Hugues Jurion had started from his home in New Caledonia in the
Southwest Pacific Ocean, 1210km east of Australia. His travels have taken him north across America to Iceland. He arrived
from Keflavik on 19th August for an overnight stop before continuing on the way with the next stop planned for La Rochelle in
France. He is planning to spend a month in France and then routing on to Greece, Egypt, Bahrain, Pakistan, Thailand, Malaysia
and Australia.
Hugues Jurion arriving at the Jet Assist

Business Centre wearing his immersion
suit.
Hugues with Tim McGill, Operations

Manager, Jet assist before his
departure to La Rochelle.
The RV-8A heads off on the next leg of

the Round The World trip after an
overnight stop in Northern Ireland.
Weston
One of the longest serving members of
staff at Weston Airport has now
moved on to bigger and better things.
Operations Manager Vanessa
Cunningham is seen here in the front
seat, taking a flight in the Weston
based Stearman on her last day at the
office. Vanessa has been in Weston for
many years and has seen a lot of the
changes that have taken place at the
airfield since it was just a few port-acabins on the south side of the runway.
We would like to wish Vanessa all the
best for the future.
Recent visitors to Weston in connection with the horse racing at the Leopardstown were some
visitors from the UK and the Irish based AW-139. Photos by Aidan Mills
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Beech 18
The former Weston based Beech 18, G-BZSC, has finally arrived at its new home in the Czech Republic at Mnichovo
Hradist Airport. The aircraft landed late in the evening of the 4th September following a 5 hour flight from Duxford. The
aircraft had been in Duxford on maintenance since departing Weston earlier this summer.
Trim Flying Club BBQ Photos by Joe McDermott.

Trim Flying Club held a BBQ on 13th September. The day started off
quite misty with some fog patches about but by lunchtime the sun
started to break through and the afternoon was glorious. With the
good weather and the promise of good food, around 30 aircraft called
in for grub. There was also visits made by the Garda EC-135
helicopter and the Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky S-92. The local based
aircraft were also out and about which added to the atmosphere.
Even though this Piper Cherokee Six is

G- registered, it resides in Ireland.
TG Rafters Auster EI-AGJ
The locally based Cessna EI-EYJ
Limetree based Piper Cub EI-BIO
Another locally based machine going for a little jolly, Cub

EI-TIM
Cavan based Zenith EI-DOB
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ademy
Atlantic Flight Training Ac
Congratulations to Brendan Geary who

successfully passed his Flight Instructor
Rating. Brendan is pictured here with
Operations Manager David Manning.
Congratulations to integrated
student Jer O'Sullivan who
successfully passed his CPL skills
test at the academy. Jer is pictured
here with Director of Operations.
Congratulations to Air Astana cadet

Zhanibek Salmakov who
successfully passed his Multi Engine
Instrument Rating skills test.
f
Zhanibek is pictured here with Chie
Ground Instructor Kyle Johnston.
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Pictured here is AFTA Director of Operation

s
Allen Field with Uganda's Honorary Cons
ul
Sylvia Katete Gavigan, Permanent Secre
tary of
the Ministry of Transportation Uganda
Alex
Okello and AFTA Safety Manager Philip
Smythe visiting the new B737 NG simu
lator at
the AFTA sim centre.
Congratulations to integrated student

Stephen Maguire who completed his first
solo flight at the academy recently. Stephen
is pictured here with Director of Operations
Allen Field receiving his AFTA wings.
Congratulations to integrated student

Aidan McCabe who completed his first
solo flight at the academy recently. Aidan
is pictured here with Director of Operations
Allen Field receiving his AFTA wings
Congratulations to Integrated
class 8 student James Mulligan
who completed his first solo
flight at the academy.
Congratulations to Air Astana

cadet Alexandr Loktionov who
completed his first solo flight at
the academy recently.
Congratulations to Air Astana cadet

Yevgeniy Stassyuk on successfully
passing his MEIR flight test at the
academy recently. Yevgeniy is
pictured being congratulated by IAA
flight examiner Tony McAleer.
hool
Carrickmore Flying Sc
Congratulations to Joe Tierney on passing GST from all at

C-More Flying School
Congratulations to Pat Marnane on completing his first solo at

Carrickmore
Kernan Aviation
Congratulations to Bernard Dolan on passing his

General Skills Test in July
Congratulations to Liam Markey on doing his first Solo recently
Congratulation to Paul Williams on

passing his GST from
all at Kernan Aviation
Congratulations to Vincent Brennan on passing his

General Skills Test recently at Kernan Aviation
Ultraflight
Congratulations to Dara Flaherty who passed

his PPL(M) flight test in July. He is pictured
with Flight Examiner Jack Ledwidth and CFI
Bob Linehan
Congratulations to Seamus Sarsfield on his First

solo at Ultraflight on Thursday 11th September.
Seamus is pictured with Ultraflight CFI Bob
Linehan.
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National Flight Centre
Alan McCloy CPL, Examiner Trevor Kellett
Cian Pearson CPL, Examiner

Trevor Kellett
Ross Lynch CPL, Examiner

Colman Brady
Greg Kelly MEIR, Examiner

Dave Drennan
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Joe OFlaherty CPL, Examiner

Colman Brady
Emer Buckley, First Solo,

pictured with instructor John
McLoughlin
Chloe McDermott FIR (Fli

ght Instructor
Rating), Examiner Capt. Nia
ll Cummins
and CFI Ian Clarke
Brendan Murphy MEIR,

Examiner Dermot Johnston
Ruairi Gibney First Solo, Instructor

Andrew Mulhall
Jamie Kerr MEIR, Examiner

Dermot Johnston
Rebecca Lait PPL, Examiner

Colman Brady
Shaun Byrne MEIR, Examiner

Dermot Johnston
Ricky Martin CPL,

Pictured with CFI
Ian Clarke
Darrin McArdle PPL, Examiner Trevor

Kellett
Eddie Baker, First Solo, Pic

tured with
instructor Paul Nelson
John Smith PPL, Examiner Trevor

Kellett
Ulster Flying Club
Congratulations to Ulster Rugby

star Tommy Bowe who passed his
Skills Test in August
Congratulations to Neill McElroy

who went first solo today in
G-CGFZ after only 9.5hrs of
instruction. Well done Neill!
Paul Butler successfully com

pleted
differences training from
Flexwing
to 3 Axis controls on Skyran
ger GCCCK recently at UFC!
Well done to
Davey Lowey who
flew his first solo
in G-CGFZ recently
Congratulations to Wilson Greenlee who completed his long

solo cross country in early August
Waterford Aero Club
solo in
Congrats to David O'Grady for completing his first
July
g
durin
D
EI-WF
Congratulationss to Blair Kelly who passed his PPL flight

test this in August! Well done
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Shannon News
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3
6
Eirtech Aviation painted this ex Air New

Zealand
o
B737 EI-FCW in the col rs of
Georgian start-up Fly Vista with whom it will
enter service registered 4L-AJW. With one
Boeing 737 already in service the airline is
also acquiring an A320 which was painted
by Eirtech in Dublin and had pre delivery
maintenance done by Dublin Aerospace.
2 Singapore based Weststar operates this

golden oldie Gulfstream 2SP N666SA
alongside their ex Donald Trump Boeing
727 VP-BDJ.
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3 Air Europa operated their Boeing

737-85P EC-JHK in Skyteam colours
on one of their two weekly holiday
flights to Shannon during August.
4 Lufthansa Cargo made a first visit to
Shannon of one of their Boeing 777
freighters with D-ALFD picking up
race horses at Shannon on 12th
August for an meeting in Chicago
with sister ship D-ALFA bringing
them home again on 18th.
5 Jetran LLC bought this former Orenair Boeing

737-5H6 N662CS ex VP-BPE and it was
ferried from Southend to Shannon on 11th
August departing to Gander on 14th and
onward to Portsmouth NH, and Blytheville,
Arkansas where no doubt it will be parted out.
6 Smartwings Boeing 737-8S3 OK-TSA flew the
two Travel Service flights from/to France on 7th
August. These French charter services operate
on a Thursday with both Travel Service and Air
Mediterranee doing the flights.
by Malcolm Nason
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7 Former First Choice Boeing 767-324ER arrived in

Shannon from Mexico City now in full Blue Panorama
colours on 11th August where it took up Irish
registration EI-CMD previously used on this aircraft
before departing to Rome on 13th. The aircraft had
ConViasa sub-titles as it will be mainly used on
transatlantic services for this Venezuelan carrier.
8 With the addition of Boeing 787 Dreamliners to its
fleet Qatar Airways are disposing of Airbus A321s
with A7-ADY being painted by Eirtech Aviation at
Shannon in the colours of Sri Lankan Airlines with
whom it will enter service as 4R-ABR.
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9 One of an increasing number of

Mexican registered bizjets visiting Irish
airports Gulfstream 4SP XA-PTR is seen
landing at Shannon on 20th August.
10 Boeing 737-476 N245SY arriving at
Shannon from Bruntingthorpe on 24th
August for a fuel stop still with tail
markings of its previous operator Wat
Phnom Airlines of Cambodia with whom
it flew as XU-886. The aircraft was enroute to Miami via Gander for freighter
conversion.
1 1 Royal Jets Boeing BBJ A6-AIN is seen

here landing at Shannon sporting the
latest corporate livery.
1 2 Another Boeing 767 to arrive in Shannon
from Mexico City following maintenance
and painting was former LAN airlines
CC-CBJ in the colours of EC Air
(Equatorial Congo Airlines) for whom it
will be operated by Swiss carrier Privatair
alongside three Boeing 737s and two
Boeing 757s already in service. While at
Shannon the aircraft took up Swiss
registration HB-JJF
FII
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What Fuel Can I Use

in my Aircraft?
T he aircraft owner/operator and the pilot-in-command of the
aircraft are responsible for ensuring that only fuel approved for
use in that aircraft is used. T his article provides guidance
relating to use of alternate approved fuel in certain aircraft.
Fuels approved for use

Before an aircraft is granted a Type Certificate, it must be
demonstrated that the aircraft, including its engine(s),
complies with the applicable airworthiness requirements. The
Type Certificate Holder will normally define, by reference to a
recognised specification, the fuel or fuels used when showing
compliance. The fuel(s) approved for use in an aircraft/engine
combination is normally listed in the Type Certificate Data
Sheet and/or Aircraft Flight Manual, or equivalent.
Use of alternate fuels

Pilots wishing to use a fuel, other than that approved by the
Type Certificate Holder, require an approved modification to be
applied to the aircraft. For an aircraft operating on a Certificate
of Airworthiness, this is normally in the form of a
Supplemental Type Certificate (STC). While the STC may only
include a Flight Manual Supplement and some decals, having
an approved STC demonstrates that your engine/airframe
combination has been successfully tested using the alternate
fuel e.g. Unleaded Motor Gasoline (Mogas). Contact your
CAMO/Maintenance provider for more information regarding
STCs.
Precautions to be taken when using

Unleaded Motor Gasoline (Mogas)
As U nleaded M otor G asoline (M ogas) is the most common
alternate fuel used in aircraft and carburettor icing has
been identified as a contributory factor in a number of
events in I reland, here are some precautions which should
be taken when using M ogas.
Use only freshly obtained supplies. Avoid long storage
periods in the aeroplane fuel tank or in containers.
The fuel must be checked for the presence of water
and alcohol (ethanol) prior to the first flight of
the day.
During the daily check and other maintenance
inspections, pay particular attention to non-metallic
fuel pipes and seals for signs of leakage or
deterioration.
Pay particular attention to the serviceability of
carburettor heating (if fitted). If carburettor heating is
selectable, ensure that a satisfactory RPM drop is
obtained when heating is selected on during
pre-take-off checks.
The ability to maintain take-off power must be
verified before the aircraft is committed to completing a
take-off.
Please report any problems encountered involving
Mogas to the IAA Airworthiness Standards
Department and the AAIU, as applicable.
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Mogas containing alcohol (ethanol)

Alcohol (ethanol) in Mogas can adversely affect seals
and elastomers; it also affects the fuels vapour
pressure, leading to an increased probability of
vapour lock.
Ethanol absorbs water which increases the likelihood
of Carburettor Icing.
Modifications for aircraft operating on a Flight Permit may be

approved by organisations holding Special Approval (e.g.
ILAS/NMAI/IMA). When aircraft are operating with such modifications embodied, additional precautions should be observed.
An engine will use more fuel as the percentage of

added alcohol increases. An approximate figure is that
the engine must burn 3% more fuel to give the same
power output if the fuel contains 10% ethanol.
Unleaded Motor Gasoline (Mogas)

containing ethanol
Ethanol mixed with water is corrosive and may attack

parts of the fuel system. In long-term storage, ethanol
may oxidise with exposure to air. This process
produces a mild acidic solution which can attack fuel
system fittings.
The use of Mogas containing alcohol is not permitted, unless

expressly stated in the Type Certificate Data Sheet, Aircraft
Flight Manual or equivalent.
Some of the elastomers used in old aircraft models

and which are otherwise compatible with Avgas may
deteriorate on contact with ethanol.
In accordance with published European and National

legislation promoting the use of biofuels for motor transport,
the percentage of alcohol contained in Mogas is due to
increase. Users of Mogas must remain vigilant in verifying that
the fuel does not contain alcohol, unless use of Mogas
containing alcohol/ethanol is expressly permitted.
Ruth Bagnell,
Aeronautical Inspector, IAA.
Additional information on the use of

alternate fuel
IAA Airworthiness Advisory Memorandum 01/14
IAA Aeronautical Notices A16 and A16A
EGAST Safety Promotion Leaflet Piston Engine Icing
SFAA Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin CE-07-06
Shannon Airport
On 5th September the Shannon Group plc was
established by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and
Sport, Paschal Donohoe bringing together four strategic
business units, Shannon Airport, Shannon Commercial
Enterprises Ltd, trading as Shannon Commercial
Properties, which includes the Shannon Free Zone and a
significant property portfolio across the Shannon region,
Shannon Heritage, one of Irelands largest visitor
experience operators, with six castles and various other
day and evening visitor attractions and finally the
International Aviation Services Centre, which builds on
the activities of over 40 existing aviation companies
already located in the region. Shannon Airport has already
achieved significant growth following its establishment
as an independent company in January 2013.
The Shannon Group managed to deliver an early
illustration of its potential importance to the region with
the news that Vortex Aviation, Based in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida will invest up to $3 million (2.2 million) and
create as many as 25 jobs in Shannon when it opens a
new aircraft engine servicing facility within the next
three months. While the company may base itself within
the Shannon Free Zone trade area it was also examining
other options that would still see it based close to the
airport. It requires a facility that will deliver between
20,000 and 30,000 sq ft of operational space. Vortex
Aviation describes itself as a Global On Wing Turbine
Engine Support Company providing 24/7 AOG engine
maintenance and support as well as complementary shop
services. Much of its business comes from servicing
Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe with Shannon Group Chairman

Rose Hynes & CEO Neil Pakey
aircraft engines belonging to leasing companies. It

primarily focuses on engines manufactured by General
Electric.
Earlier on 26th August, Minister for Transport, Tourism
and Sport Paschal Donohoe, paid his first official visit to
the airport and county since his appointment in July. The
Minister was in Shannon as part of a day-long visit to
Clare to launch Bus ireanns enhanced services to the
Cliffs of Moher, Clare coast and the airport. The 343
Shannon Link route now services Shannon Airport from
Limerick City from 05:00 to midnight, Monday to
Saturday, while also providing 10 services on a Sunday.
Stops en route include Ennis, Shannon Town, and
Shannon Industrial Estate.
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A Mediterranean Odyssey in a Cessna 172 Part 1

by Michael Traynor
How about a tour of the Med and maybe include north Africa..... thus were
the words of our club's CFI, Robin Mandal, and as the Guinness flowed so did the
idea sound like it could become a reality....... and at the next rendezvous the old
school atlas was produced. Yes it was possible and we could include a few
countries in southern Europe that the Airport Flying Club aeroplane, Cessna 172P,
EI-ING had not yet visited. A week in mid-July 2014 was set down as the target.
Over the coming months we didnt do much but randomly chat about it.
Final stages of serious planning on eve of departure!.

Alan Duffy (left) and Robin Mandal.
The first option considered was down through

France and Italy and onward to Greece. That
changed in favour of the route along southern
Europe and the north facing slopes of the Alps.
The crossing of the Mediterranean was considered
by routing overhead the north African countries.
But later we decided to give Tunisia and Algeria a
miss. The return journey would include Portugal,
Spain and France. At last we had a broad outline
and pen lines were drawn on the atlas.
Sure we had to start somewhere! The important issues to be
considered were Avgas availability, Customs where required,
airport operating hours, the necessity and cost of mandatory
handling and at certain airports permissions from specific
Governments or airport authorities. We now decided to bring
along one of our younger club members who would
eventually take over the future reins from this pair of veterans
and we opted for one that was also ATPL hour building. Alan
Duffy was the candidate we chose. The three of us would
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The welcoming approach to Salzburg airport after

departing Weston that morning.
rotate crew so each got about the same amount of flying

throughout the week. With a third pilot on board we now had
to consider the fuel stops, even though EI-ING has long-range
6-hour fuel tanks. It was now time to examine the finer
details.
Once the pen lines were drawn we reckoned we would need
in the region of 40-45 flying hours. That meant keeping a
close eye on the 50-hour checks. Suddenly it was three
weeks away and planning hadnt started in earnest. Time to
get the head down and get some serious thought put into the
project. We devised a standard type questionnaire for the
intended airports on the initial route plan. Because some of
the replies didn't come back as promptly as we would have
preferred the route was constantly changing. Our intended
departure date was Thursday, 17th July 2014. Then with a
week to departure a problem arose with Robin's hectic work
schedule. He had business in Dublin on Friday, 18th. A
compromise was agreed. Alan and I would do the legs to
Kerkyra airport, Corfu and Robin would join us there by
scheduled airline on Saturday evening. By now the hours on
A Mediterranean Odyssey - in a Cessna 172
Red Bull's hangar 7 at Salzburg airport. An abundance

of rare aircraft mixed with Red Bull Formula One cars.
the aircraft were ticking away towards its next scheduled 50hour check. Timely enough it went for its check to Eglinton
airport, Derry. It now seemed we would depart from Derry
with first overnight at Charleroi, Brussels. So another route
change!
Hundreds of emails were exchanged with airports all over the
route. Sometimes the replies were favourable.... and other
times they drew a curse! We decided to open a separate bank
account specifically for the trip. We placed what we estimated
would be the cost of the flights, fuel, airport charges etc. into
the account as a budget. This proved highly advantageous as
As we meandered through the snow-capped Alps above
are two images not frequently seen by GA pilots from
the western seaboard of Europe.
was proven on several occasions. A Visa debit card with this

account proved a valuable asset at most airports. We met
more frequently as the final two weeks drew closer. Sky
Demon proved a valuable asset in the planning. Though I'm of
the old fashioned mind-set of the paper charts for
preparation, I had to bow to the modern technology of
planning and trusting the iPad and its many advantages. It was
certainly more compact and information was readily available
at the touch of a finger-tip. It was a considerable
improvement on the planning methods Brian Higgins and I
used to plan our previous pan European aerial adventures!
A text book anvil head peaking about 12,000 feet in the

southern Alpine region
There were four jurisdictions that required permissions:

Greece, Malta, Sardinia and Morocco. With a week to go none
of them had responded. Not quite panic but there was some
concern that these areas might have to be omitted.......then, as
if planned in synchronised harmony, all four permissions
arrived in on the Friday afternoon before departure. Oh happy
days!... Green lights for these locations. During the last week
of planning the destination airports were still changing.... and
as would be proven, they would still be changing as we flew
the routes. So it was always prudent to prepare for the
alternatives when undertaking such a journey.
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The gorgeous sandy beaches that surround the islands

off Croatia.
On the eve of departure we met (in a pub of course!) for the

final briefing. By then the good news was that the engineers
Troughton Engineering at Eglinton airport in Derry had pulled
out all the stops. They had worked throughout the Public
Holiday period to ensure our aircraft was fully serviceable with
50 hours on the clock for the task ahead. So instead of
planning a departure from Derry on Thursday afternoon, I was
able to have the aircraft at Weston Executive airport on
Wednesday evening for a departure on Thursday morning.
With the forecast looking favourable for the leg from Weston
to Charleroi we departed on a bright sunny morning with a
very friendly farewell from the ground staff at Weston airport.
We were given an Irish tricolour with the instructions from
Vanessa to have it photographed at all the airports where we
landed!
With Alan at the controls our mission commenced at 08.25
UTC. As our travels over the week took us through 4 time
zones I will use UTC in this narrative. A direct routing across
the Irish Sea was at 3,000 feet. As we approached the Welsh
coast we climbed to 5,000 feet to route direct to Shawbury
VOR. Passing down through the English Midlands we reached
RAF Duxford, north of Stansted at 11.00, 2 hours 35 minutes
from Weston. We coasted out at Clacton-on-Sea to the
English Channel at 11.30. At RAPIX we entered Brussels
airspace at 11.50 at Flight Level (FL) 050. Fifteen minutes
later we were over Ostend. Military areas in Belgium were
active and we had to take alternative routings. Charleroi gave
us the approach we anticipated and we were on the ground at
12.55. Four hours 30 minutes from Weston. Our planned
intentions were for an overnight here. I recommend pilots
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Time to relax and cool down while we awaited our third

crew member at Corfu in 36 degrees!
visiting Charleroi to brief themselves on self-fuelling facilities

and filing flight plans at this airport. However, thanks to the
efforts of Troughton Engineering we were a half day ahead of
schedule and as a result we decided to make a fuel stop here
and continue east bound towards our next planned
destination of Karnten airport at Klagenfurt in south Austria.
The forecast for the remainder of southern Europe was
CAVOK .... so let's proceed! We departed Charleroi at 14.45
and transferred to Langen frequency for most of the journey
eastbound..... except when transiting over Luxembourg and
with en route airports like Ramstein, Stuttgart and Munich.
Thanks to a favourable tailwind our journey eastbound
continued at ground speeds never less than 105 knots. As we
approached the Austrian border we considered the time to
reach Klagenfurt and the end of VFR there. It gets darker
earlier there plus they were an hour ahead of Irish time. The
duty ATC at Salzburg, Arno Klein, gave us updates on relevant
information and after 4 hours 15 minutes airborne we did not
ponder long the decision to spend the night in Salzburg. Once
we had the runway in sight at 8 miles a diversion was
imminent! Our helpful controller even had hotel accommodation arranged for us before we landed!.... Salzburg airport is
home to Hangar 7 owned by Red Bull. Friday morning we
enjoyed the presence of Formula One racing cars, jet and
aerobatic aircraft in the museum. What an unexpected
pleasure!
With weather and route briefings by local pilots it was
deemed a safe crossing to traverse the Alps via the VFR
routes that weave and meander their way through the
Corfu old town and harbour from the Old Fortress.
mountain range. They assured us the views would be

spectacular compared to a flight above the mountain range at
FL100 or above. They were right. The one and a half hour
Alpine journey was breath taking, flying close to the ski slopes
and looking down into the valleys two miles below us. Indeed
a rare spectacle for pilots from the western seaboard of
Europe.
The winds were calm, rarely reaching 6 or 8 knots. We
crossed over Slovenia and followed the coast towards Croatia.
We flew down through Croatia and headed toward the coastal
town of Split on the Adriatic. Here an approach was made
over the hills with a descent to runway 23. The flight time
from Salzburg to Split was 3 hours 25 minutes. At Split we
received first class ground service despite the fact we were
not expected there apart from the flight plan we had filed
that morning. An official from the Croatian Aviation Authority
ramp-checked us in a friendly yet efficient professional
manner. It was his first time to encounter an Irish GA aircraft!
After a fuel stop we were airborne from Split one hour 30
Valletta harbour while we lunched at Malta.
minutes after our arrival. Very efficient,

friendly and economical ground handling
facilities and airport charges of 17.12. To
be recommended for GA pilots. Avgas was
very reasonable at only 2.28 per litre. The
weather was perfect and the views were
brilliant. We routed down the Adriatic at
5,000 feet, leaving the thunderstorms to
the east over Albania. CAVOK forecast all
the way on our flight path to Kerkyra
airport, Corfu. The islands off Croatia, with
the waters so clear and blue, were a dream
to witness. We were in contact with Brindisi
(Italian) Radar as we transited their airspace
at 5,000 feet. A heading of 140 degrees
took us directly to the VFR point OTHINI
island. We routed over the island and Corfu
harbour to a landing on runway 35 after a
flight of 2 hours 45 minutes on Friday
evening. Before we had time to exit the aircraft an airport
official was eagerly seeking our documents for permission
which we briskly showed him from the Greek Government.
Paperwork in order, he calmed down! The Greek AIP states
that if handling is offered at Greek airports you must accept
it. In this instance both Meander Handling and Swissport were
quickly on the scene seeking our business! I had been in touch
with Meander Handling over previous weeks and they proved
a considerable bonus in our dealings at Kerkyra. In particular
their knowledge of the best time to obtain Avgas. Their fees
were the highest we encountered during the week (108.73)
but well worth the expenditure for prompt, professional and
efficient service. As Robin was not due to arrive by Ryanair
(via Edinburgh!) until Saturday evening Alan and I had all day
Saturday to sight-see the ancient town and with temperatures of 36 degrees swimming in the lovely warm waters of
Corfu was a delight.
Alarm clocks were set for 03.15 UTC and Sunday morning en
route Terminal Area Forecasts (TAFs) were again CAVOK as we
looked out over the airport from the nearby hotel. It was an
The aircraft outside air temperature

registered 49 degrees when we
returned after our tour of Valletta, Malta.
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allow us time during the afternoon to explore and sight-see
around Valletta. Malta is one of the locations that requires
PPR. The fuel at Luqa was 1.91 per litre.
Our stopover on Sunday night was planned for Palermo in the
north of Sicily. The airport outside the city is Bocca Di Falco.
It's a former military airfield now run by the Aeroclub Palermo.
It closes at 19.00 local time (17.00 UTC) and with a two
hour flight we departed Luqa at 13.55 with the aircraft
outside air temperature reading 49 degrees. The routing is to
the GOZO VOR at 1,500 feet, the same as we had routed
inbound. When we crossed over GOZO we climbed to 5,500
feet for the sea crossing. Our route was direct line to the PAL
VOR on the north west coast of Sicily and 8 nms from Bocca
Di Falco. No ATC is provided but contact with the aeroclub is
on local frequency 122.60. There is considerable high ground
in the vicinity of Palermo and we suggest any pilot
approaching that airport should locate the motorway from the
south west and keep it on your right hand side. Runway 17 is
generally recommended for arrivals. With the city and
motorway on the right and the runway on your left a tight
left base approach is possible. Touchdown on runway 17 was
at 16.10 after 2 hours 15 minutes airborne. The local aero
club members were on hand to fuel us and assist us to park
the aircraft for the night and obtain a taxi into the city centre.
Bocca di Falco airport lies very close to Palermo city and
is enclosed on the west by a mountain 3,500 feet high
(similar height as Carrauntoohil, Co. Kerry)
early start as the best time to catch the fueller for Avgas was
8am local time (05.00 UTC). After 06.00 he gets busy with
Jet fuel and is less likely to serve Avgas. Another tip is to bring
all correspondence with airport operators, fuellers and
handlers with you in the aircraft. No point having a useful
document sitting at home in Ireland when it would be helpful
abroad! Two A4 ring binders were essential extra baggage!
Thanks to Takis at Meander Handling the operation to get us
through the airport and arrange fuel went smoothly and with
Robin eager to get behind the wheel we were airborne at
06.10. Rather than route direct to Malta we did a curved
route at FL065 to take in the 'sole' of Italy and Sicily, thus
reducing our journey time over open waters by reaching the
Italian coastline an hour after take off. At 08.45 we were over
Sicily and taking in views that included Mount Etna proudly
protruding into the clouds about 30nms from our track. Most
of the time we dealt with Brindisi Radar until at 09.00 we
were in contact with Malta approach. Restricted Areas in that
busy part of the Mediterranean were not active that Sunday
morning and we transited through them.
The approach to Luqa airport on Malta has several approach
paths but they are not as complicated as they appear on
paper. The 3,542 metre main runway is visible several miles
out. With the wind at 200/05 we were cleared straight in
approach for the 'shorter' runway 23, still at 2,377 metres is
only slightly shorter than Dublin's R28. We touched down at
09.35. Thanks to Mark deMarco, a former Airport Flying Club
member now resident in Malta, the fuellers and handlers from
Air Malta were quickly at our aircraft to have it fuelled and
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In the next issue we will continue our Mediterranean sojourn

at a variety of airports in our robust aircraft as the journey
takes us along the adventure of a lifetime for Irish PPL's. We
will see how plans changed and schedules rearranged despite
the planning before leaving Ireland.
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Above: The OV-10B bronco G-ONAA/ 99+18 did a really dramatic display.
This years Airwaves Portrush Airshow saw

a major change in that the display line was
moved to the east of the town running out
from the beach parallel to the peninsula
giving spectators a much better experience
of the event.
The weather proved to be mainly fine with good sunny
spells for some of the time. A helicopter static display was
in place on tennis courts at Ranmore Head where the Bell
UH-IH G-UHIH / 72-21509 and Hughes OH-6A Cayuse
G-OHGA / 69-16011 were displayed in their US Army
colours as used during the Vietnam war. Alongside them
was British Army Lynx XZ180. Robinson R44 G-CMXX was
also there on the Saturday. In the trade area The Ulster
Aviation Society had their Spitfire replica P7895 on display
with the cockpit open for people to take selfies in in an
effort to raise money to pay off the loan used to acquire
the aircraft.
Bell UH-IH Iroquois G-UHIH / 72-21509 in US Army marks

coming in to land on the tennis courts also flew in the
display.
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The two day flying display kicked off on the Saturday with
the Plane Sailing Catalina Miss Pick Up with the other main
participants seen in the accompanying photos. Huge
disappointment swept through the crowd when in was
announced that the appearance of the Canadian Warplane
Heritage Lancaster C-GVRA along with the BBMF one
PA474 would not be able to get to the show as weather
had grounded them in RAF Conningsby however it was
hoped they would get there on the Sunday. Thus it was the
Blades who closed the Saturday show with their usual
immaculate routine of precise formation aerobatics.
The Sunday show kicked off with Peter Teichmans P51D
Mustang Jumpin Jacques which next year will be restored
to the scheme it carried with the Tuskegee Airmen
squadron during WW2. A sigh of relief could be heard from
the crowd when it was announced that the Lancasters had
made it to Prestwick and were expected to appear as
scheduled at 13.30 and so it was at the appointed time the
sound of these magnificent machines could be heard
Hughes OH-6A Cayuse G-OHGA 69-16011 in US Army

Vietnam War colours about to touchdown on the tennis
courts also flew with the Iroquois during the airshow.
The Plane Sailing Catalina Miss Pick Up

opened the show on the Saturday.
The Canberra PR9 G-OMHD/XH134 put on a very sprightly

show for a big jet its engine noise is quite distinctive.
Irish Air Corps CN235MP 253 doing a pass with the rear
cargo door open.
Reds to appear cloud over the display area looked like they
would have to do a restricted routine however just 10
minutes before the closing display the clouds parted giving
a clear blue sky for the team to do the full display- a
marvelous end to a great weekend of flying. Well done all.
The winchman re-boarding the Royal Navy Merlin ZH828

following his time down in the spray!
Portrush Airshow
approaching and the two historic WW11 bombers swept

down the display line accompanied by two BBMF Spitfires
with a crescendo of noise from their Rolls Royce Merlin
engines. All too soon after several passes and displays by
the Spitfires it was over and as the formation headed back
to Scotland the sound of the waves lapping on the shore
could be heard again. With the Red Arrows due to close the
show parking spaces ran out in the town and a 3 mile tailback had built up by 3.30. As the time approached for the
Air Total sponsored Calidus autogyro G-ULUL did a really

nice display.
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The Army Lynx XZ180 did

manoeuvres that should be
impossible in a helicopter.
The RV8tors put on a very polished performance.
Portrush Airshow
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The two Lancs turn in unison during their routine.
Sligo based ICG S92A EI-ICG

lowering the winchman onto the
rear deck of the Portrush lifeboat.
The Canadian Lancaster C-GVRA was very

welcome when it made it to the display on the
Sunday along with BBMF sister ship PA474.
The Blades two ship showing off as part of their display.
Peter Teichman displaying his P51D Mustang Jumpin

Jacques
The RAFs display Tucano ZF244 in A special Poppy Lest

We Forget scheme.
The Blades in their Extra EA300s doing a pass with the

aircraft at different angles.
The four ship formation of the Blades in a dive towards

the sea.
Portrush Airshow
Jet Provost G-BVEZ/XM479 made a lot of noise for its size.
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Rumblings from afar

At the time of writing we are in the throes of an
Indian summer with sunshine by day and nothing
more threatening than some mist or fog patches by
night. However, since August 16th, the Icelandic
volcano, Bardarbunga, has teased the aviation
community with the threat of eruption. Warning
colour codes issued by the Icelandic Meteorological
Office are fluctuating between orange and red on an
almost daily basis.
At this point, monitoring the earthquake and pre-eruption
activity associated with Bardarbunga is a task undertaken
by seismologists and volcanologists. Predicting when a
volcano will erupt is a very difficult task fraught with high
levels of uncertainty. However, when an eruption does
occur and volcanic ash and associated gases are pumped
into the atmosphere the event becomes a meteorological
one with the atmospheric sciences employed to
determine the likely trajectory and dispersion of the
erupted material.
BA Flight 9 a first hand experience of flying

through volcanic ash:
In 1982 a British Airways flight from London to Auckland
experienced the dramatic consequences of flying into a
volcanic ash cloud as it flew just south of Java. The pilots
windscreens turned opaque due to severe abrasion caused
by the hard ash particles, a sulphurous smoke filled the
passenger cabin and all four engines failed. Thankfully, on
exiting the ash cloud the engines restarted one by one and
disaster was ultimately averted with a successful
emergency landing, made entirely on instruments, at
Jakarta airport.
Photo courtesy of Gerry Humphreys
The international response:

This potentially calamitous incident prompted action from
the international aviation community with ICAO
establishing nine Volcanic Ash Advisory Centres (VAAC)
worldwide during the 1990s. The VAACs responsibilities
include monitoring volcanic events and liaising with relevant
experts in an attempt to determine eruption risk levels
across the globe.
In the case of a volcanic eruption the responsible VAAC will
produce volcanic ash advisories and graphical guidance
products using a combination of seismological data,
satellite-based data, ground-based and aircraft-based
observations. Weather forecast models and ash dispersion
models are used to predict the temporal and spatial extent
of ash cloud movement. Attempts are also made to
quantify variations in ash concentration levels throughout
the affected airspace in order to identify areas of greatest
risk. Met Eireanns aviation weather forecasters would
then use the guidance issued from our local VAAC (hosted
by the UK Met Office) as a key input to the Volcanic Ash
SIGMET production process.
The London Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre was established
in 1992 - but it was not until the night of April 14th 2010
that it was called into action. It was on that night that,
after many days and weeks of threatening, Eyjafjallajkull
finally erupted and pumped ash up to 30,000ft into the
atmosphere with a trajectory headed directly towards
northwest Europe and into Irish airspace. This event
caused the greatest disruption to European air transport
since World War 2 with airspace closed in almost 20
countries and 10 million passangers affected.
Photo courtesy of Gerry Humphreys
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Tony Tighe is a meteorologist and is the

Deputy Head of Met Eireanns Aviation
Services Division.
I was the forecaster working that night shift and until that
point I (like most of my European forecasting colleagues)
had not encountered a real-time volcanic ash event. My
only experience was gained through involvement in
international, simulated, Volcanic Ash exercises. When
notification issued from the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre
(VAAC) that an actual eruption was occurring it was a case
of action stations for all of the aviation stakeholders across
Ireland, the UK and the rest of Europe.
Many questions were to be answered that night: Would
the lessons learned from the simulated exercises be
enough to handle a real life volcanic ash emergency?
Would the co-ordinating, technical, operational and
communications systems hold up? Would the warnings
issued provide adequate information to air traffic managers
and the airlines to guarantee passenger safety and mitigate
the economic cost of the disruption?
The systems in place on the night Eyjafjallajkull erupted
proved robust with the airlines and ATC receiving warnings
as provided for in the ICAO regulations. However, as days
passed and airspace closures remained in force it became
clear that the Volcanic Ash SIGMET message alone was not
sufficient as a warning tool for the airlines.
Volcanic Ash SIGMETs are issued whenever ash is expected
in the airspace but regardless of actual ash concentration levels. Consensus is now building to suggest that a
focus on measuring and forecasting ash concentration
levels would be more valuable in terms of air traffic
management - and contribute more in terms of both
safety and efficiency. For example, in cases of very low
volcanic ash concentrations flights of short duration could
well take place safely and with no risk to man or machine.
And so, current research efforts involving the VAACs, in
conjunction with the airlines and aircraft manufacturers, are
focussed on finding solutions that will enhance flight safety
- but also prevent the needless grounding of aircraft.
Currently, the situation in Iceland is: The Icelandic Civil
Protection Agency has ordered an evacuation of scientists
working near the eruption site (as) fissure eruption
under the ice would lead to extensive flooding and
potentially to an explosive ash-producing eruption
So for now we continue to closely monitor
Bardarbunga and keep our fingers crossed.
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by John Houlihan
Youngest Irish First Solo
Aviation history was made on

Saturday 23rd August when
Harry Houlihan, a fourteen year
old schoolboy from Hollywood,
Co. Wicklow took to the sky on
his first solo flight in a glider.
The youngster who commenced
formal training with the Ulster
Gliding Club at its base in
Limavady, Co. Derry a year ago,
gained his wings under new
European regulations which
reduced the minimum age for
solo flying in gliders from 16 to
14 years of age. His achievement
sets a new Irish record as the
countrys youngest pilot ever
to fly!
Harry had his first glider flight at just three
years of age in the company of his
instructor father, John. Harry often
hitched a ride with me in airplanes as a
young kid but I never thought he would be
setting records! Im very proud of his
achievement his father commented.
Harry Houlihan comes from a well known
family in the Irish gliding scene on both
sides of the border. Both his parents are
experienced instructors and tug pilots with
the Ulster Gliding Club. His mother, Olive,
holds the distinction of being the only
woman tug pilot in the country while his
uncle, Kevin Houlihan also set a new Irish
record earlier in the summer when he flew
his glider for over seven and a half hours,
covering in excess of 500 km. This
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passion for soaring must be in the family

genes!
interested in learning how to fly" Mr.

Snoddy added.
Having completed 25 hours of instruction

over some 40 flights, Harry was sent on
his first solo flight by his father John and
towed 2000 feet into the sky by his tug
pilot mother Olive. It was a real family
affair his father commented, I had mixed
emotions. As his father I was naturally a
little anxious but as an instructor I knew he
was ready to go on his own." Harry flew
around Co. Derry for some 20 minutes
before returning to the airfield for his first
landing. "This is the tricky bit about gliding
as you only get one shot at it in an
engineless aircraft so it has to be right!" his
father commented. "I have to say, Harry's
first solo landing was impressive and
would put many experienced pilots to
shame! He did very well indeed!"
And what did young Harry make of his

first solo excursion into the clouds? I was
a little bit nervous when Dad got out of
the back seat and told me it was time to
solo. He gave me a good briefing and pep
talk and told me to do exactly the same
thing again as I had done on my check
flight. "Don't be in a hurry back" he said,
stay up a while, settle in and enjoy
yourself!" I was too busy concentrating on
the aerotow to be nervous but once I
released from the tug I relaxed and
enjoyed it" he said. What a buzz! Thats
the most exciting thing I have ever done
and its much better without an instructor
sitting behind you!
Tom Snoddy, Chief Flying Instructor at

Ulster Gliding Centre spoke very highly of
young Harry. "Harry's a great kid and has
always been very helpful around the
airfield. I am thrilled at his achievement at
such a young age. He's a very responsible
young lad and he deserves his success.
What a great role model for youngsters
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