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...

31 Jul 2024

Farnborough big OEMs: Boeing to continue looking at hydrogen, hybrid developments, and more…

Ishka lists the main takeaways from Boeing’s sustainability briefing and other key future product developments by large ...

29 Jul 2024

Farnborough New Propulsion: Small jump in orders as OEMs vie for new investment

Ishka recorded a total of 71 new propulsion product commitments during the Farnborough Airshow week, with over half comi...

24 Jul 2024

Improvements to Ishka SAVi Dashboards – July 2024

Several improvements and new features have been added to the Ishka SAVi dashboards. Here is what's new.

16 Jul 2024

Q&A: Clear Sky's Krishnan Narayanan discusses fundraising to 'catalyse' investment into sustainable aviation a...

Ishka SAVi speaks with Krishnan Narayanan, a co-founder of sustainable aviation investment company Clear Sky, on what se...

11 Jul 2024

New Propulsion H1 2024 round-up: Commitments down slightly ahead of Farnborough

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

9 Jul 2024

SAVi Briefing: Carbon capture and its relevance to aviation

This Ishka SAVi Briefing unpacks Direct Air Capture technology (DAC) for aviation: what does it entail, what does it cos...

1 Jul 2024

Universal Hydrogen collapse: What are the commercial and investment implications?

Examining the progress to date by Universal Hydrogen, how news of its collapse broke, the commercial implications for ea...