GATS aspires to make the use of trusts in aviation widespread, but how will uptake of trusts impact lessor and airline tax analysis? more

16/08/2019

in Aircraft Finance Market

ALC's ambitious plans for doubling its fleet over five years are bearing fruit but its strategic targeting of 737 MAX is proving problematic. more

15/08/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market

French carrier Aigle Azur raised eyebrows last week after confirming one lessor “took back” an A320 under “deceptive means.” more

13/08/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Airline Profiles

Aircastle's disappointing Q2 results highlight the risk of over-exposure to emerging markets after the bankruptcies of Jet and Avianca Brazil. more

12/08/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates

Ishka examines the Q2 announcements of nine airlines affected by the MAX grounding. more

08/08/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Airline Profiles

Ishka reviews Boeing’s efforts to return the 737 MAX to service five months after its grounding. more

06/08/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Investor Education

Ishka examines the latest news for Airborne Capital and PK AirFinance. more

05/08/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka examines AerCap’s Q2 2019 results. more

02/08/2019

in Aircraft Finance Market

Boeing will have to offer discounts on extra 777Fs built to plug the production gap caused by the 777X delay, say cargo lessors speaking to Ishka - but is there a market for them? more

01/08/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Home

SMBC Aviation Capital has launched a new closed-ended equity aviation fund of 17 Japanese institutional investors. more

30/07/2019

in Investor Education , Aircraft Finance Market

More mid-life A330 are being stored while values and lease rates appear to be compressing. more

29/07/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Home

Chinese leasing firm ICBC Leasing finalises one of the largest aircraft portfolio sales of recent history. more

26/07/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market

Boeing has prepared multiple and divergent plans for the MAX's return to service, betraying the uncertainty that still surrounds the MAX crisis. more

25/07/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Regulatory and Accounting

Ishka examines the German closed-end fund market: from the demise of retail KG funds to the slow emergence of Spezialfonds for institutional investors. more

23/07/2019

in Regulatory and Accounting , Aircraft Finance Market

In this investor guide, Ishka looks at the growing commercial footprint of ancillary revenues and their relevance to airline credit risk. more

22/07/2019

in Airline Profiles , Investor Education

Boeing has announced $5.6 billion losses from customer concessions and delays deliveries, along with $2.7 billion from MAX production slowdown. more

19/07/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles

After a decade of growth, 2019 Q1 passenger numbers in Sweden are 4.2% lower than the same period in 2018. Is aviation finance waking up to the long term risk of climate-conscious passengers? more

17/07/2019

in Regulatory and Accounting , Aircraft Finance Market , Home

Ryanair’s Austrian subsidiary Lauda has than doubled its fleet in 2019 with the addition of 18 mid-life A320s averaging sub-$200,000 lease rates. more

16/07/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Airline Profiles

The continued uncertainty over the length of the MAX grounding poses a dilemma to lessors- a handful of which have offered their airline customers rental holidays or deferrals. more

15/07/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market , Home

Ishka speaks with Accipiter’s CEO, Paul Sheridan, for the lessor's fifth year about managing asset and credit risk in a market that looks to be “plateauing pretty soon”. more

12/07/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates

As the MAX grounding enters its fourth month, affected airlines are growing impatient with Boeing over the OEM’s muted response to their calls for remedy.. more

11/07/2019

in Airline Profiles , Aircraft Finance Market

Aircraft lessor BOC Aviation has returned to the ABS market after a four-year absence for its second ABS - Silver Aircraft Leasing Limited. more

10/07/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market , Capital Markets

Ishka examines three of the weakest state carriers: Garuda Indonesia, Kenya Airways and South African Airways which together lost a combined $719 million in 2017 alone. more

08/07/2019

in Airline Profiles , Aircraft Finance Market

With efforts to tax aviation fuel gaining traction across the EU, Ishka examines the impact that kerosene taxes could have on aircraft demand. more

04/07/2019

in Regulatory and Accounting , Modelling and Forecasting

Lessors with exposure to Jet Airways have managed to remarket 36% of their aircraft, according to Ishka research. more

02/07/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Airline Profiles

Ishka summarizes some of the talking points at its recent festival, held last week in Dublin. more

01/07/2019

in Aircraft Finance Market

Used 737-800 lease rates climb higher and lessors win longer extensions as MAX faces recertification delays. more

28/06/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market

COMAC has faced some scepticism from aviation financiers around the international customer base for its C919, despite already having 815 orders. more

25/06/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles

Ishka studies Bamboo Airways in this airline credit profile to understand how it plans to differentiate against its competitors and whether it has the potential to leverage Vietnam’s booming aviation sector. more

24/06/2019

in Airline Profiles

Tokyo-based fund manager Mercuria Investment (Mercuria) is launching two aviation equity funds for Japanese institutional investors. more

21/06/2019

in Aircraft Finance Market

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) left the Paris Air Show this week with new orders for 105 aircraft, including 27 for the newly launched Airbus A321XLR. more

20/06/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates

Aircraft lessor BBAM Aviation Services Limited (BBAM) is in the market with its third aircraft ABS, Horizon Aircraft Finance II. more

20/06/2019

in Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Ishka tracks the repossession process of three bankrupt carriers in 2019: WOW air, Avianca Brazil and Flybmi, and reviews some other recent bankrupt airline fleets. more

17/06/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Airline Profiles

Another SAA CEO bites the dust, complaining that the airline is receiving no governmental support for its "unsustainable" level of debt. more

14/06/2019

in Airline Profiles

As Aergo celebrates its 20th birthday, Ishka sits with the firm’s CEO and founder, Fred Browne, to talk about the company's history, why he thinks aircraft prices could soften and why the aircraft lessor is forgoing the ABS market - for now. more

13/06/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates

ALC’s growth plans have been materially affected by OEM troubles and the delays they have caused. more

11/06/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates

Ishka looks at what could be in store at the 2019 Paris Air Show: from major announcements from Airbus to PR damage mitigation at Boeing. more

10/06/2019

in Modelling and Forecasting

The Q1 results of top MAX operators covered less than three weeks of the grounding. Ishka believes Q2 results will reveal greater costs. more

07/06/2019

in Airline Profiles , Modelling and Forecasting

This investor guide looks at one of the main paper-heavy touchpoints on the road to digitalisation: aircraft records. more

05/06/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Investor Education

Aircastle took roughly a 10% delta y-o-y—on its rental yields and net cash margins in Q1 2019 following the bankruptcies of just two of its 86 lessees, Jet Airways (India) and Avianca Brazil (Brazil). more

03/06/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market

All of the political groups likely to form the European Parliament's next majority back a commercial jet fuel tax. Update: Tax would have meant 82.44% increase of 2018 - 19 fuel costs. more

31/05/2019

in Airline Profiles , Regulatory and Accounting

Three aircraft and engine leasing risk officers highlight their biggest concerns in the market today. more

30/05/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets

Has the Boeing 737 MAX grounding inadvertently helped lessors? Yes, according to several aircraft leasing chiefs. more

28/05/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates

With demand for spare engines getting stronger and stronger, Ishka surveys engine lessors for current spare engine purchase prices and lease rates. more

24/05/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates

Three months after the German leisure carrier filed for bankruptcy lessors have remarketed of half of Germania’s fleet. more

23/05/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Airline Profiles

JOL Air Limited is the first aircraft ABS to include a Japanese Operating Lease (JOL) structure. more

22/05/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market

As fuel costs rise and airline bankruptcies have piled up in 2019, aviation financiers debate whether banks have become sensitive to airline credit risk in the past year. more

20/05/2019

in Airline Profiles , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

FLY Leasing has chosen not to exercise the 2019 A320neo options it inherited as part of the AirAsia transaction. more

17/05/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market

Ireland-headquartered Goshawk Aviation conduct a roadshow for its debut aircraft ABS - the youngest aircraft ABS with tradable E-note to date. more

15/05/2019

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market

Attendees and appraisers at ISTAT Asia did not think the MAX would be flying again in time for the summer season and asked how the grounding could impact MAX values and lease rates. more

14/05/2019

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Aircraft Finance Market , Regulatory and Accounting