13 Jun 2025

SAVi Five: Pre-Paris news, industry outlooks, aviation levies update, and more…

With just three days remaining until the official inauguration of the 2025 Paris Air Show, start-up OEMs have begun thei...

11 Jun 2025

New Propulsion: Commitments down starkly ahead of Paris Air Show

Orders and commitments for new propulsion fixed-wing clean-sheet aircraft as well as retrofit powertrains decreased star...

29 May 2025

SSWS 2025: Industry reacts to hydrogen build-up delays

In this second report covering SSWS 2025, Ishka examines sentiment, challenges, and expectations around the role of ZEF ...

9 May 2025

SKY Leasing steps into new technology investments with JetBlue Ventures acquisition

San Francisco-based aviation investment manager SKY Leasing announced earlier this week it has acquired JetBlue’s ventur...

8 May 2025

Bye Aerospace CEO explains the investor appeal of its electric trainer aircraft

US-based Bye Aerospace is in the process of certifying its all-electric eFlyer 2 aircraft. Ishka speaks with Bye Aerospa...

6 May 2025

Greening PSOs: Cleaner aircraft expected to benefit from EU rules revision

Sustainability criteria are expected to gain prominence in European tenders for subsidised Public Service Obligation (PS...

2 May 2025

ISTAT Sust Symposium: stakeholders committed, but net-zero timelines under threat

EU regulation reactions, new aircraft platforms, and sustainable aviation finance frameworks were all on the table at th...

25 Apr 2025

SAVi Five: Boeing pauses X-66, United invests in ‘duopoly challenger’ JetZero

Boeing has announced an indefinite pause on joint work with NASA on the X-66 flight demonstrator, a truss-braced wing co...

24 Mar 2025

Clean Aviation 2025: Why European aviation struggles to turn innovation into reality

Despite Europe’s reputation as a leader in aerospace innovation, frustration over funding shortfalls, policy gaps, and r...

12 Mar 2025

'Prepared': How lessors are reacting to e-VTOL EIS delays

Ishka explores how, three years after the first e-VTOL commitments, lessors are engaging with the e-VTOL market

20 Feb 2025

Airbus CEO: Hydrogen aircraft ‘feasible’ but longer development needed for ‘commercial viability’

Ishka SAVi examines Airbus’ recalibration of its hydrogen ambitions, recaps the evolution of the ZEROe project, and expl...

23 Jan 2025

Interview: How Avolon is bringing ‘traditional leasing’ to new propulsion

Avolon's steps towards seizing a historic milestone: executing a sale-leaseback for the first electric aircraft operated...

10 Jan 2025

SAVi Five: Avolon’s electric aircraft LOI, US banks walk away from NZBA, and more…

Top-five largest lessor Avolon and Air New Zealand have signed a letter of intent (LOI) for the sale and leaseback of a ...

10 Jan 2025

New propulsion round-up: commitment volumes down 37% in 2024

Orders and commitments for new propulsion fixed-wing clean-sheet aircraft as well as retrofit powertrains decreased in 2...

20 Nov 2024

ALI Sust Day 2024: Most lessors still SAF hesitant, but some are carving out roles

The third annual sustainability event hosted by Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI) took place last week in Dublin to take st...

15 Oct 2024

How hydrogen is garnering interest among Japanese airlines and investors

A look at Japan's hydrogen aviation aspirations and how an established aviation investor and a recently-established airl...

26 Sep 2024

New Propulsion: One in four products delayed by 16 months on average

Ishka looked at 48 new propulsion products by 35 OEMs with a public EIS target, including clean-sheet designs and retrof...

16 Sep 2024

Ishka Japan: Sust-linked transactions more a ‘can-do’ than a ‘must-do’

Ishka queries the appetite by JOLCO arrangers for sustainability-linked deals, the attitudes of banks in Asia-Pacific to...

3 Sep 2024

Explainer: Direct Air Capture

What does it mean, what does it cost, when and where does it make sense?

15 Aug 2024

Two perspectives on what makes sustainable aviation investment compelling (or still unattractive)

Earlier this summer Ishka SAVi on behalf of Impact mediated a Q&A with two leading voices on sustainable aviation invest...