Trusted, expert assessment of the latest industry trends from the respected Ishka team, including regional analysis, airlines, lessors and critical emerging issues.
Boeing is to lose its CEO, David Calhoun, who will be stepping down at the end of the year more
28/03/2024
Following the cancellation of Mitsubishi's SpaceJet programme in February 2023, Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has unveiled plans for the development of a next-generation sustainable aircraft in collaboration with the private sector. more
27/03/2024
SMBC Aviation Capital CEO Peter Barrett talks to Ishka about rising lease rates, how a weak Japanese Yen is impacting aircraft leasing and the difficulties of M&A in the aircraft leasing space. more
27/03/2024
Ishka provides updates on confirmed lessor order books with Airbus and Boeing as of 29th February. more
26/03/2024
Welcome to the 121st ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
25/03/2024
Like the rest of Europe, traffic recovery in the Nordic region was robust and helped the major carriers to return to profitability in FY 2023 except SAS which is operating under Chapter 11 restructuring and remained in the red. more
22/03/2024
Multiple sources have confirmed that there has been an uptick of interest from private equity (PE) investors for aircraft opportunities in 2024 – a stark contrast to last year which was noticeably difficult for new fundraises, particularly in aviation. more
21/03/2024
Boeing 737 MAX deliveries remain low so far in 2024 as the FAA maintains increased oversight of the OEM’s production facilities. more
20/03/2024
This is the 9th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Ishka recorded eight new aircraft trades and added two new firms to the list since the last update on January 23rd, 2024. more
19/03/2024
Aircraft asset managers confide that currency movements are starting to impact Japanese investor appetite and behaviour when it comes to aircraft investments. Separately Ishka examines UK lessor Falko Regional Aircraft recent acquisition of 24 regional jets. more
18/03/2024
Brazil’s lower house has approved a legislative proposal to require from 2027 that domestic aircraft operators decrease well-to-wake CO2 emissions through the use of SAF. more
15/03/2024
Two years into Russia’s sanctions, Aeroflot Group [On Watch] is struggling to keep itself afloat as its limited international schedule and settlement payments begin to bite. more
15/03/2024
This is the 119th ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
13/03/2024
Ishka examines Watson Farley & Williams' relaunched, and expanded, Global Aviation Resource Index (GARI), an online tool which covers repossession and deregistration rights in over 100 jurisdictions. more
12/03/2024
Ishka presents the full list of its 2023 Deal of the Year Award winners. more
11/03/2024
Aircraft lessor CEOs speaking at the ISTAT Americas conference in Austin in early March discussed rising lease rates, aircraft shortage and potential M&A. more
08/03/2024
Canadian ULCC Lynx Air has become the first airline casualty of 2024, filing for bankruptcy on 22nd February after just two years of operations. In the United States, JetBlue and Spirit Airlines have officially announced the termination of their merger agreement amid regulatory hurdles. more
07/03/2024
In this joint report, Rob Neale, Chief Product Officer at PACE, and Eduardo Mariz, Senior Analyst and Sustainability Lead at Ishka, examine airline sub-fleets with emission intensity disparities. more
06/03/2024
The number of aircraft actively remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka – 358 – is around 4% lower than in February 2024. more
05/03/2024
Passenger traffic and revenues recovered well in Vietnam in 2023, edging closer to pre-pandemic levels. However, the credit profiles of the country’s three main carriers remained under pressure. more
05/03/2024
Lessors raised $4.7 billion in unsecured issuances in January and February in a strong start to the year for leasing firm activity in the capital markets. more
01/03/2024
Aircraft traders share that there has been more interest in older aircraft as lessors release more portfolios into the market. more
29/02/2024
Welcome to the 119th ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
28/02/2024
A return to pre-shock OEM production levels would only be the first step towards steadying a supply-demand imbalance that shows “no signs of ending anytime soon,” AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly told the lessor’s Q4 2023 earnings call. more
27/02/2024
Lessors confided there is still a large degree of uncertainty over MRO waiting times, particularly for new-tech engine assets. Ishka examines recent MRO costs and turnaround times. more
26/02/2024
Kuwaiti Lessor ALAFCO is to sell an additional 23 aircraft from its portfolio to Macquarie AirFinance. more
23/02/2024
SpiceJet [On Watch] has been denied further extensions on its outstanding debt payments to Credit Suisse and ordered by India’s Supreme Court to pay $1.25 million before March 15. more
22/02/2024
Airbus will target around 800 commercial aircraft deliveries in 2024. more
21/02/2024
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) came out in support of Boeing in its earnings call last week and reported record revenues and profits for its fourth quarter and full-year results. more
20/02/2024
Ishka continunes its coverage of the Southeast Asian aviation market, and this week reviews developments in the Malaysian, the Philippines and Indonesian markets. more
19/02/2024
United has announced that lessor Aircastle has become the latest leasing entity to join its United Airlines Ventures (UAV) Sustainable Flight Fund, following the steps of Aviation Capital Group earlier in the year. more
16/02/2024
Aircraft leasing platforms raised just $1.3 billion through new publicly announced equity funds and joint ventures (JV) in 2023, according to Ishka research. more
15/02/2024
Ishka's Engine Data Sheet pulls together trends and figures in the engine leasing space. more
14/02/2024
Ishka summarises the airlines that met their end in 2023, predominantly due to insolvency as well as those who could no longer operate flights due to their required licensing being lost or withdrawn. more
13/02/2024
Welcome to the 118th ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
12/02/2024
Boeing gave no 2024 production or financial forecasts last week, in its first earnings call since the FAA imposed restrictions on the Boeing 737 MAX production ramp-up following the mid-flight plug door blowout of an Alaska Airlines MAX 9 in early January. more
09/02/2024
Ishka's asset managers datasheet provides a summary of recent news, activity, and metrics of aircraft asset managers in Q4 2023. more
08/02/2024
This Data Sheet provides a snapshot of aircraft currently being remarketed on three of the main remarketing sites. more
07/02/2024
Sustainable finance deals in aviation involving airlines and lessors or with aircraft as a collateral grew once again in 2023, matching the approximate 60% annual growth rate of the preceding year. more
06/02/2024
Ishka reviews the Thai market. Thai Airways recorded a profit across the first three quarters of 2023 while Thai AirAsia saw revenues exceed pre-pandemic levels in both the second and third quarters. Nok Air’s recovery in 2023 has lagged that of the Thai domestic market. more
05/02/2024
Ishka looks at some of the key talking points from aircraft investors on the aviation finance market last week in Dublin. more
02/02/2024
Brazilian airline GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (GOL) voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court at the end of January in the Southern District of New York. The airline enters Chapter 11 with a financing commitment for $950 million in new debtor-in-possession financing more
01/02/2024
Welcome to the 117th ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
31/01/2024
Aircastle is planning to acquire in excess of $1 billion in aircraft assets during 2024, traders tell Ishka. According to Ishka’s aircraft buyer’s database, Aircastle will be targeting a combination of both new and mid-life narrowbodies. more
30/01/2024
Shanghai-headquartered low-cost Spring Airlines has become the first company in China to close a loan aligned with what is reported to be the country’s first transition finance taxonomy. more
29/01/2024
KV Aviation winds down, AerCap hit by cyber attack, HCOB closes first deal more
26/01/2024
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has informed Boeing it will not grant any expansion in production of the 737 MAX while it responds to the recent Alaska Airlines plug door blowout. more
25/01/2024
This week Ishka turns its attention to the Turkish aviation market. The country’s largest airlines, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus and SunExpress have leveraged the strong leisure demand and traffic that was present during the summer quarter, reporting among the strongest top and bottom-line results in the industry in Q3 2023. more
24/01/2024
This is the 7th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Ishka recorded seven new aircraft trades and added three new firms to the list since the last update on December 6th 2024. more
23/01/2024
Ishka provides updates on confirmed lessor order books with Airbus and Boeing as of 31st December. more
22/01/2024