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Engine lessor CEOs say that MRO turnaround times for latest technology narrowbody engines are improving but warn that it could be several years before LEAP or GTF powerplants routinely complete a full performance restoration within 120-days. more
13/06/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Airlines have been actively exploring various financing structures to help fund new deliveries with Ishka understanding several North American carriers have issued RFPs in recent weeks. more
11/06/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
10/06/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Ishka Advisory’s latest update and review of current market values (CMVs) for key aircraft continues to highlight changing market conditions. more
05/06/2025
A judge in the English High Court has ruled in favour of Japanese investors in a dispute with VietJet over four Airbus A320s. more
30/05/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Airline trends & analysis
Aircraft sellers say trading in the first five months of 2025 has been largely unaffected by tariff threats and announcements from the Trump administration. more
27/05/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
The total number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka is around 19% lower than a year ago, at 280. more
22/05/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
In a guest Insight, Aldo Giovannitti from consultancy, Aernovum Aviation looks at the pricing, opportunity and risks for an alternative aircraft asset often overlooked by many investors – the Special Mission Aircraft market. more
21/05/2025
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
08/05/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
An escalation and continuation of global tariffs could push up the values of used aircraft as operators turn to less costly forms of lift, AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly noted during the lessor’s Q1 2025 earnings call. more
07/05/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Ishka reveals two new narrowbody RFPs with submission deadlines set for May. Elsewhere, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement with Airbus. more
29/04/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
The total number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka remains around 22% lower than a year ago, at 282. more
23/04/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Multiple airlines remain active in the market with both sale/leaseback and financing RFPs. more
08/04/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Airlines and lessors are initiating earlier RFP processes amid intensifying competition among lessors for SLB mandates and between lenders (and some lessors) for financing mandates. more
31/03/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Airline trends & analysis
In a guest Insight, Aldo Giovannitti from consultancy, Aernovum Aviation looks at the pricing, opportunity and risks for an alternative aircraft asset often overlooked by many investors – the training aircraft market. more
27/03/2025
Stratton Borchers, founder and CEO, of GraySky Aviation chats to Ishka about market gaps, raising capital and potential lessor M&A. more
26/03/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Mid-life widebody values trended upwards in Q1, with 2015 vintage 777-300ERs the most notable increase, climbing into the mid $50 million range. more
20/03/2025
Lessors surveyed by Ishka expect sale/leaseback lease rate factors to marginally strengthen in upcoming campaigns, while purchase prices are expected to remain stable more
19/03/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
The total number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka remains low at 283. more
27/02/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Lessors have released several new aircraft portfolios available for sale in what has been a busy start to the year for aircraft traders. more
25/02/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Aviation Banks and Lenders
Multiple airlines are active in the market with sale/leaseback and finance RFPs, several of which are already being shortlisted for first bids. Ishka summarises recent RFPs and updates from the last 10 days. more
18/02/2025
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Ishka catches up with Keith Allman, Head of US ABS at Nomura to understand the bank's new expansion into ABS and aviation finance. more
12/02/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Aviation Banks and Lenders
Multiple airlines are active in the market with sale/leaseback and finance RFPs, several of which are already being shortlisted for first bids. Airlines are currently shortlisting lessors and banks with several appearing open to hybrid financing solutions. more
08/02/2025
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Airlines are starting the year with a bang as several have issued financing RFPs for new aircraft deliveries. Ishka notes that many airlines are asking for finance leases as well as sale/leasebacks. Ishka is still in the process of collecting pricing data, but based on initial conversations there appears to be some upward pressure on lease rate factors. more
04/02/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Aircraft sellers welcome the influx of capital in the secondary market but complain about higher execution risk with some buyers walking away from deals. more
02/02/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Ishka hears that a lessor is set to part out two six-year-old A320neos, due to the elevated lease rates available on the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engines, making these among the first A320neos to be parted out. more
31/01/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines , Other
Narrowbody engine prices continued to see upward pressure across most types in the last three months of 2024, while lease rates continued to stabilise or slightly decline, according to Ishka’s latest engine buyers survey more
24/01/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines , Other
An unseasonally warm Dublin saw hundreds from the aviation finance industry gather early this week. Ishka summarises some of the common talking points. more
16/01/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Investor Briefings , Aviation Banks and Lenders
The number of aircraft being remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka is around 20% lower than a year ago in January 2024. more
14/01/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Simon Goodson, CEO of USM trader AerFin, talks to Ishka about the parts shortage and its wider market ramifications. more
06/01/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Asset managers surveyed by Ishka state expected unlevered returns have notably dropped for new- tech narrowbodies and strengthened for both current-tech and new-tech widebodies since Ishka’s last survey, conducted in April 2024. more
13/12/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Investor Briefings
Ishka’s Pricing Benchmark looks at lease rates and prices for eight and 16-year-old A320ceos and 737NGs. more
29/11/2024
The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka continues to dwindle, and now sits at 307. more
26/11/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Aviation alt lender volofin anticipates tapping the aircraft loan ABS again in 2025 while aircraft and engine lessor WNG is in the process of evaluating second-round bids for a portfolio of mid-life aircraft and engines. more
25/11/2024
Pre-2009 aircraft and Embraer regional jets were among the most traded types during Q3, as new tech delivery delays continue. more
19/11/2024
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) expects sustained high market appetite for sale-leasebacks from airlines with large order books as they take delivery of new aircraft, management told the ALC’s Q3 earnings call on 7th November. more
13/11/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Mid-life aircraft values stabilised in Q3 despite continued delays of new aircraft deliveries, with rising operational costs and increased lease premiums forcing airlines to revaluate their current capacity. more
11/11/2024
AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly dismissed the idea that lease rates are becoming too high for airlines during the lessor’s recent Q3 earnings call. more
05/11/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka has dropped slightly to 316 in October – down from 333 in September. more
29/10/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Conversations around lease rate sustainability from last week's Ishka Aviation Investival: North America. more
23/10/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Airline trends & analysis
Two key panel session takeaways from Ishka Aviation Investival: North America, which took place in New York on Tuesday 15th October 2024. more
22/10/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Aviation alt lender Apollo PK AirFinance CEO, Gary Rothschild and President Eelco van de Stadt, talks to Ishka about the process of getting the ratings agencies familiar with the aircraft loan ABS vs lease product, why aircraft e-notes will likely need to evolve, and what the plans are for Perseus Aviation, Apollo’s leasing arm. more
16/10/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Lessors surveyed by Ishka expect new sale/leaseback purchase prices to settle within a relatively constrained band for new campaigns. more
09/10/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
IATA has recorded eight consecutive months of double-digit growth across the cargo market, stabilising lease rates for widebody freighters amid consistent demand for metal. more
30/09/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka stays around the 330 mark for the fourth month in a row. more
24/09/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Senior notes for new aircraft ABS deals are scoring yields below 5.5%, as investors warm to the asset class. September saw a flurry of activity as three aircraft lease securitisations and one aircraft loan ABS came to market, all of which have priced in the last 10 days. more
20/09/2024
Current-tech aircraft values have "peaked and plateaued" argue asset managers, something which has been confirmed by Ishka appraisal team, as airlines react to slower revenues. more
20/09/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has pulled out of the ISTATA EMEA conference, a trade gathering for aircraft investors and financiers, after the OEM announced it was banning non-essential travel last week in the wake of ongoing strikes to help preserve cash. more
20/09/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Ishka provides a guide to aircraft equity investors and their return expectations. more
03/09/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Investor Briefings
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