Several money managers have committed capital to aircraft asset managers this month for new debt and equity opportunities within aircraft leasing – despite the sector continuing to be buffeted by the Covid-19 pandemic. more
18/01/2021
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market
Lessors indicate a rise in opportunistic buyers for distressed DHC-8Q-400 assets despite a recent uptick in domestic traffic for some regional aircraft operators. more
21/12/2020
Brazilian low-cost airline Gol Linhas Aereas (Gol) has this month chalked up 105 revenue flights operated by Boeing 737 MAX, the world’s first since their March 2019 grounding. more
17/12/2020
Q3 brought further signs of a nascent recovery for engine OEMs and MRO shops that, nonetheless, could not mask damage brought on by Covid-19. more
04/12/2020
Aircraft values and lease rates continue to trend downwards, according to three appraisers speaking at Ishka’s World Tour. more
06/11/2020
Boeing has reported its worst Q3 results this decade. On every metric supplied, Boeing hit either record lows or highs in what CFO Greg Smith described as “the most difficult [moment] in our company’s 100-plus year history.” more
30/10/2020
Sources state that increased market risk and capital deployment limitations are likely to result in higher lease rates when new A220 RFPs do eventually come to market. more
28/09/2020
Strong utilisation by US operators has kept E175 lease rate firm through the pandemic, as activity rates surpass other popular jet types. more
18/09/2020
The Covid-19 pandemic has extended the operating life of many E190 jets, explain regional jet lessors, many of which were facing a “foul” wave of retirements. more
14/09/2020
In this investor guide Ishka looks at aircraft storage options: how have storage providers adapted, the process of storing an aircraft and the cost and service considerations. more
10/09/2020
The tally of confirmed bailouts grew by $2.37 billion. Meanwhile, three major airlines in Norway are reportedly due to have a crisis meeting with the Norwegian government next week. more
03/09/2020
Ishka estimates there are up to 22 787s and A350s in the market looking for new operators. more
01/09/2020
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market
Investors and operators are paying “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to hold a place in the queue for A321 freighter conversion, say cargo sources. more
21/08/2020
Ishka speaks to ELF CEO Tom Barrett more
06/08/2020
MAX cancellations have been creeping up at nearly double the monthly 31-aircraft production target. Among those, lessors feature heavily. more
03/08/2020
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market
Lessors “largely [drove]” OEM order activity in Q2 2020, said Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury, as airlines struggling to deal with the impacts of Covid-19 stepped back as buyers. more
31/07/2020
Fresh availability of 757 aircraft due to Covid-19 will extend the operational life of its freighter fleet for another two to three years, cargo sources suggest. more
23/07/2020
Ishka’s review of phase-out, retirement or unscheduled lease return announcements during the Covid-19 crisis shows 50 A330s due for an early exit. more
13/07/2020
The 737-800 freighter market is at risk of potential oversupply, say cargo sources, as more aircraft lessors and operators are looking at cargo conversion over the next few years. more
25/06/2020
Ratings agency S&P downgraded 23 securities from 30 separate aircraft and aircraft engine ABS transactions last week. Twenty of the lowered ratings remain “On Watch” for potential further downgrade. more
24/06/2020
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Aircraft Finance Market
Appraisers from Ishka and Oriel recorded further cuts on lease rates and values for some assets types this month, describing aviation as still in a “shocked, survival mode.” more
22/06/2020
A growing number of airlines are trimming their fleets as they reconsider their capacity needs in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis. more
15/06/2020
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Airline Profiles , Modelling and Forecasting
Lessors say that airlines seeking to offload engines from parked widebody aircraft during the Covid-19 crisis could create flood of spare engines that will hurt an already soft widebody engine leasing market. more
12/06/2020
Few aircraft types have been as badly hit by the Covid-19 crisis as the Airbus A380. Four funds containing 18 A380s have seen their share price decline by 54% this year. more
09/06/2020
Engine sources describe ongoing talks with engine OEMs over parts sales as manufacturers try to counteract plummeting aftermarket demand and deliveries. more
02/06/2020
Covid-19 has caused a “seismic” drop in demand for aircraft parts as airlines delay all but necessary maintenance in their efforts to conserve cash. At the same time, an accelerated rate of aircraft retirements risk flooding the parts market, pushing up supply at a time of already low demand. more
25/05/2020
Commercial air traffic has begun a slow recovery, raising the question of which airlines and aircraft will be best positioned in the new environment. more
18/05/2020
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Airline Profiles , Modelling and Forecasting
The two airframe giants booked a combined $1.2 billion net loss in Q1 2020 as deliveries and orders dry up. more
30/04/2020
In this insight, Ishka examines the bleak production and delivery landscape for Airbus and Boeing. more
28/04/2020
CDB Aviation Lease Finance (CDB Aviation) has cancelled 29 of its undelivered 737 MAX aircraft order with Boeing and amended the rest of its MAX order, according to last week’s Hong Kong Stock Exchange filing. more
22/04/2020
Appraisers at Oriel and Ishka cut asset values and lease rates in early April across various aircraft types due to the coronavirus crisis and warn that further cuts are likely. more
14/04/2020
Aviation banks are still open for business, say financiers, but terms have changed and financing institutions are only supporting existing clients, and key airlines. more
25/03/2020
Ishka reviews how lessors and Boeing's stock have been reacting to the continued MAX grounding. more
13/03/2020
AerCap finished Q4 2019 with a surge in aircraft sales, helping it improve key portfolio metrics and boost dividends. more
24/02/2020
Ishka’s head of advisory, Eddy Pieniazek and Dickon Harris explain how the grounding of the 737 MAX grounding, has disrupted aircraft delivery forecasts and aircraft lessors’ plans. more
14/02/2020
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Modelling and Forecasting , Aircraft Finance Market
Italian carrier Air Italy ceased operations this week, leaving 12 leased aircraft without an operator. more
12/02/2020
Ishka looks at capacity trends in the mid-haul and long-haul segments for the past 10 years to see whether widebodies are losing routes to smaller aircraft. more
07/02/2020
Lease rates for CFM56-5B4, -7B26 and V2527-A5 engines have held firm on the back of constrained narrowbody lift. more
06/02/2020
ATR is the first commercial aircraft OEM to have delivered an aircraft funded by a green loan. more
04/02/2020
The OEM now expects the 737 MAX grounding to cost it $18.6 billion as it looks to offer financial support to airlines and suppliers and eventually begin a possible multi-year catch up to pre-grounding production rates. more
30/01/2020
Lessors with exposure to South African Airways breathed a small sigh of relief after the struggling flag carrier received 3.5 billion rand ($244 million) in emergency funding this week. more
29/01/2020
Lease rates for midlife 777-300ERs have experienced a very slight decrease according to lessors and remarketers speaking with Ishka, contrary to expectations. more
24/01/2020
This Insight rounds up the newest arrivals to the aviation industry, specifically those airlines that either commenced operations or were founded in 2019. more
22/01/2020
An already saturated leasing market for mid-life Airbus A330s has taken a turn for the worse with the addition of 11 A330s from bankrupt airlines. more
10/01/2020
Two-thirds of Thomas Cook’s UK and Balearics fleets have been re-marketed to new lessees or transferred to the surviving sister German and Scandinavian units. more
03/01/2020
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Airline Profiles
The following is an excerpt from Ishka’s VISTA 2020: our new forecast for the year ahead. more
29/12/2019
Boeing announced late on 16th December that it will temporarily suspend production of the 737 MAX beginning in January. more
17/12/2019
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Modelling and Forecasting , Aircraft Finance Market , Market Move
Ishka provides a guide to aircraft scheduled for delivery to airlines in Europe, Africa and the Middle East over the next 24 months. more
06/12/2019
New aircraft not taken up by HNA Group subsidiaries are being leased and purchased at discount prices. more
29/11/2019
in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Airline Profiles
Boeing has clearly had a terrible year thanks to the MAX grounding, but Airbus also faces its own challenges to meet delivery targets. more
27/11/2019
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