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The Japanese government has published a new strategic plan for the country’s aircraft industry to commercialise a “next-generation passenger aircraft from 2035 onwards” with “decarbonised” propulsion “such as hybrid and hydrogen engines.” more
01/04/2024
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
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
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
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
in ESG & Regulation , Capital Markets , Aviation Banks and Lenders
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
Stories covered in this update include reports that the European Commission is set to recommend next month a 90% net reduction of greenhouse gases by 2040, a target that could set in motion a new wave of legislative and regulatory changes. more
19/01/2024
Stories covered in this update include reports that the civil aviation ministry of India intends to “recommend” from 2027 that Indian airlines use “1%-5% SAF” starting that year. more
12/01/2024
Ishka highlights five noteworthy aviation ESG developments over the holiday period, from the US update on SAF IRA credit guidance to Australia's powerful super funds releasing a blueprint with SAF policy recommendations. more
09/01/2024
This updated data sheet examines airlines with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreements and their progress toward securing future SAF supply. more
18/12/2023
This update’s key stories include outcomes for aviation at COP28, and IATA’s latest SAF estimates for 2023 and 2024, and more... more
15/12/2023
Key stories include Singapore’s newly-launched sustainable finance Taxonomy (which contains criteria for zero-emission aviation and SAF), and lessor CDB Aviation closes a sustainability-linked loan. more
08/12/2023
It is often said that the best solution to a problem is the easiest one, and yet as the airline industry pours time and effort into strategies to decarbonise short-haul flying, one readily available option is seldom mentioned: re-fleeting with turboprops. more
04/12/2023
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , ESG & Regulation
This update’s key stories include Virgin Atlantic’s historic 100% SAF commercial transatlantic flight – both a major milestone and a publicity stunt with mixed reactions – and the EU heads to COP28 pushing for aviation taxes to fund a major climate fund. more
01/12/2023
The issue of SAF dominated every panel session at Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI) second event held this week in Dublin, with a widespread agreement that SAF represented the only credible option for aviation to help meet 2050 net-zero carbon targets. “There is no alternative,” reflected Willie Walsh, the Director-general of IATA at the conference. “We have to accept that the transition to net zero is going to be critically dependent on sustainable aviation fuel.” more
23/11/2023
They are an icon of the jet age, but they can also be terrible for the climate. Ishka looks at why aircraft investors should be mindful of the environmental impacts of contrails. more
15/11/2023
Key stories include confirmation that plans to remove an EU tax exemption for jet fuel have hit a snag, and a working paper calls on governments to front 20% of the $5tn cost of decarbonising aviation. more
10/11/2023
Two landmark lawsuits filed by junior bondholders on separate transactions against Ares, Vmo Aircraft Leasing Holdings (Vmo), and Wilmington Trust over “sham” aircraft auctions conducted during the pandemic are progressing through the US courts and could, potentially, be heading to trial next year. more
09/11/2023
Ishka, a knowledge partner of Aviation Carbon 2023, summarises the main takeaways of this week's conference in London. more
08/11/2023
This November 2023 issue covers relevant sustainability developments for aviation finance during September and October 2023: sustainable finance, SAF, government policy, and more... more
03/11/2023
This update’s key stories include the unveiling of a much-awaited SAF feasibility study in Ireland backed by Boeing, Avolon, and Orix Aviation, and the tentative inclusion of SAF in the EU’s response to the US IRA – the Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA). more
27/10/2023
Ishka speaks with the RMI Centre for Climate-Aligned Finance and one of the Aviation CAF Working Group members, Crédit Agricole CIB, to distill the progress of the past 18 months and what lies ahead. more
24/10/2023
This update’s key stories include a leasing first in SMBC Aviation Capital’s five-year $150 million sustainability-linked loan, how a new NGO report in Spain could propel proposals for a French-inspired partial domestic flight ban. more
20/10/2023
This update’s key stories include the final approval of ReFuelEU Aviation and German fund manager KGAL making a leap into SAF via its new Article 9 green hydrogen fund. more
13/10/2023
This update’s key stories include California Governor Gavin Newsom intending to sign off corporate climate disclosure rules, which could require California-based lessors to disclose Scope 3 emissions. more
09/10/2023
This week’s key stories include policy hints on SAF and more from Germany’s third National Aviation Conference and Universal Hydrogen inching past 250 orders as its ATR72 testbed completed 10th flight. more
29/09/2023
This week's highlights include the approval of the EU’s SAF mandate with 83% of votes in favour at the European Parliament and India’s global SAF push. more
15/09/2023
Ishka examines the typical incentive or penalty in aviation sustainable finance transactions, favoured aircraft types, and most active banks. more
12/09/2023
This week's highlights include the UK government committing to introduce a revenue certainty mechanism to support SAF production in the UK, and a new clean propulsion lessor (Solyu) takes Eviation’s orders above $5 billion. more
08/09/2023
The world’s largest aircraft lessor, AerCap, revealed that it has received an insurance settlement from NSK - a Russian insurance company on September 5th relating to 17 aircraft and five spare engines that were on lease to Aeroflot and Rossiya Airlines (an Aeroflot Group airline). more
07/09/2023
This September 2023 issue covers relevant sustainability developments for aviation finance during July and August 2023: sustainable finance, SAF, government policy, and more... more
05/09/2023
This week's highlights include SMBC Aviation Capital’s plans for a SAF research facility in its Dublin office and Qantas leapfrogging competitors on SAF 2030 targets with a “deal” under a major widebody order. more
25/08/2023
This week's highlights include a US ‘Air Fair’ legislative proposal to raise $19 billion in private aviation and first/business class ticket surcharges, and Aircraft Leasing Ireland’s (ALI) upcoming ESG e-learning platform. more
18/08/2023
This week's highlights include Google’s high-profile work to mitigate the non-CO2 effects of aviation through AI contrail avoidance, the first clean-sheet electric commuter aircraft takes step towards production and certification, and more... more
11/08/2023
This updated data sheet examines airlines with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreements and their progress toward securing future SAF supply. more
08/08/2023
This week's highlights include one of the most in-depth assessments to date on the economics of hydrogen-retrofitted turboprops and a comprehensive map of US aviation lobbying on SAF. more
04/08/2023
This week's highlights include an announcement by Boeing and NASA that US major airlines are to support a sustainability-oriented NASA research aircraft expected to become a precursor to a future 737 replacement. more
27/07/2023
Six new sustainable finance transactions involving airlines or aircraft – including one lessor – have been added to Ishka’s list since the last update in May, including four newly announced in June and July. more
27/07/2023
Ishka delves into CO2 emissions data powered by PACE and BloombergNEF’s EUA price forecasts to pit new versus old - neos and MAXs versus ceos and NGs - to calculate their future monthly EU ETS cost delta. more
20/07/2023
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , ESG & Regulation
New Ishka research reveals that at least 14 global lenders have published 2030 emissions intensity reduction targets for aviation lending, and a further 12 are expected to announce aviation targets soon. more
14/07/2023
This July 2023 issue covers relevant sustainability developments for aviation finance during May and June 2023: sustainable finance, SAF, government policy, and more... more
06/07/2023
This week's highlights include new calls by European leaders for a levy on global aviation to raise cash for a developing country climate fund and discouraging official climate progress reports in the EU and UK. more
30/06/2023
Clean propulsion leasing firms MONTE and Rockton have firmed up existing orders with ZeroAvia and Heart Aerospace, affirming the role of aircraft lessors in pioneering new propulsion technologies. more
29/06/2023
Ishka summarises some key sustainability takeaways from last week's Paris Air Show and concurrent events, including ISTAT’s second sustainability symposium. more
26/06/2023
This week's highlights include the publication of the final text of the ReFuelEU Aviation proposal, the closing of the UK’s SAF mandate second consultation, and a new legal precedent that bodes well for the EU Taxonomy’s aviation criteria. more
23/06/2023
This week's highlights include France tripling investment in a public-private aviation R&D partnership with the objective of decarbonising aviation, lessor AviLease teasing a possible ‘bundle’ of SAF into future leases, and more. more
16/06/2023
The European Commission on 13th June approved in principle a new set of EU Taxonomy criteria for economic activities including aviation. The final delegated act tightens some criteria for aviation, but most remain unchanged. more
14/06/2023
What is the goal of the EU Taxonomy and what is its significant for aviation finance - a short explainer. more
14/06/2023
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