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Leisure carrier Canada Jetlines has called it quits less than two years into launching services amid mounting financial challenges, while in India, SpiceJet faces another legal challenge after defaulting on lease payments for three engines. more
13/09/2024
Avolon has agreed to buy a $5 billion, 118-aircraft portfolio held by Castlelake Aviation Limited (CA), an entity created by aircraft asset manager Castlelake. more
13/09/2024
Two aircraft lessors, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) and Sky Leasing (Sky) are currently in the market with separate aircraft ABS as the public aircraft ABS market shows signs that it might finally be returning in earnest. more
12/09/2024
This is the 14th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Since the last update on 13th August 2024, Ishka recorded nine new aircraft trades. more
10/09/2024
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
09/09/2024
Ishka examines how Aeroflot's plan to agree insurance settlements could impact ongoing litigation from aircraft lessors. more
06/09/2024
in Lessors & Asset managers , Airline trends & analysis , Other
Aircraft asset manager BBAM is in the market with a $556 million aircraft, ABS Horizon 2024-1. The new single note deal will be used to acquire a portfolio of 17 new-tech narrowbody aircraft assets. more
04/09/2024
In a new report series, Ishka summarises a list of some of the most active commercial engine buyers in the secondary market. more
28/08/2024
Ishka's market snapshot data sheet brings together key trends and figures in the aviation finance space. more
22/08/2024
Lessors received 33 aircraft from their Airbus and Boeing orderbooks in July, around 28% of total deliveries from the two OEMs. more
21/08/2024
Ishka reports on a number of separate M&A campaigns among aircraft lessors. But will the current investor demand for aircraft assets translate into a more benign environment for leasing M&A? more
14/08/2024
This is the 13th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Since the last update on 8th July 2024, Ishka recorded ten new aircraft trades. more
13/08/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Welcome to Ishka's Transaction Update, a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing. more
12/08/2024
Phoenix Aviation Capital (PAC) has priced a debut $242 million lessor EETC, PAC 2024-1. more
09/08/2024
OEM delays saw Air Lease Corporation (ALC)’s second quarter aircraft deliveries come in at around $600 million below expectations, CEO John Plueger told the lessor’s earnings call on 1st August. more
07/08/2024
International Airlines Group (IAG) has withdrawn from its agreement with Globalia to acquire Spanish LCC Air Europa (On Watch) following mounting pressure from the European Commission. more
06/08/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Shortages of new aircraft and a desire to avoid expensive engine overhauls on older assets are driving demand for leased aircraft despite apparent softness in some markets, says AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly. more
05/08/2024
New Crestone CEO Kevin Milligan tells Ishka that the asset manager has invested the bulk of its $458 million initial fund, but states that the firm has access to $1 billion in equity – for the right deals. more
02/08/2024
Several airlines have issued financing RFPs in the last few weeks as carriers try to catch the attention of financiers and lessors before the holiday season starts in earnest for the aviation finance industry. more
30/07/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Unlevered returns for aircraft JOL and JOLCOs appear to have increased as a weak yen has forced Japanese investors to charge more for equity when funding aircraft investments. more
29/07/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Mid-life and end-of-life narrowbody aircraft were the most traded type on the secondary market over the past twelve months, with Boeing's 737 NG comprising nearly a quarter of all acquisitions. more
26/07/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Ishka summarises orders from Farnborough 2024. more
25/07/2024
in Lessors & Asset managers , Airline trends & analysis , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Aircraft trading activity is still continuing into July and August, according to sources who confirm that lessors are in the process of mandating buyers for a number of portfolios that came to market in Q2 2024. more
24/07/2024
117 aviation ABS tranches tracked by Ishka traded in the last 90 days, accounting for 464 individual trades. more
19/07/2024
Ishka's asset managers datasheet provides a summary of recent news, activity, and metrics of aircraft asset managers in Q2 2024. more
18/07/2024
AIP Capital is in the process of raising fresh debt, after changing shareholders, as it looks to finance its managed order of incoming 737 MAXs and purchase aircraft on the secondary market. Ishka speaks with AIP Capital's management team. more
17/07/2024
Russian airlines are reportedly nearing new settlements with lessors over trapped aircraft, while Boeing is to plead guilty to criminal charges as part of a plea deal with the US DOJ. more
09/07/2024
in Lessors & Asset managers , Airline trends & analysis , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
This is the 12th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Since the last update on 7th June 2024, Ishka recorded six new aircraft trades. more
08/07/2024
Lessors tracked by Ishka raised $4.05 billion in unsecured debt in June. more
03/07/2024
Nordic Aviation Capital became the first lessor to place an order with either Airbus or Boeing so far in 2024, ordering seven Airbus A321neos in May. more
21/06/2024
Aircraft lessor Kahala Aviation Group has rebranded as K2 Aviation and tells Ishka it is looking at mid to end-of-life commercial aircraft portfolios as its equity wants to “scale" its aircraft investments. Ishka speaks with the firm’s new managing partner Karl Ryan on what K2 is now targeting. more
12/06/2024
Lessor speaking at sidelines, and on stage, at the Ishka Aviation Finance Festival in Dublin last month confirmed that “pent-up demand” from lessors unable to acquire aircraft during the pandemic was translating into a premium for lessors seeking to sell aircraft today. more
11/06/2024
Lessors tracked by Ishka issued $1.677 billion in unsecured debt in May. more
10/06/2024
This is the 11th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Since the last update on 1st May 2024, Ishka recorded ten new aircraft trades. more
07/06/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
The FAA is unlikely to remove the production expansion cap on the Boeing 737 MAX within the next few months, according to FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker. more
31/05/2024
Ishka provides updates on confirmed lessor order books with Airbus and Boeing as of 30th April. more
30/05/2024
Ishka's asset managers datasheet provides a summary of recent news, activity, and metrics of aircraft asset managers in Q1 2024. more
21/05/2024
Lessors speaking at Ishka’s Dublin Financing Festival last week argued that the ABS market was is now “open” for aviation issuers, with at least two aircraft ABS deals rumoured to be looking to issue before the summer more
20/05/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
AerCap has seen increases in lease rates of 20% for Airbus A321neos and 10% on Boeing 787-9s either side of the pandemic, according to CCO Peter Anderson. more
16/05/2024
In this joint report, Rob Neale, Chief Product Officer at PACE, and Eduardo Mariz, Senior Analyst and Sustainability Lead at Ishka, examine major lessor portfolios using Impact’s* decarbonisation milestone methodology. more
14/05/2024
Lease rates for some new technology Airbus aircraft have grown by up to 15% since 2022, according to ALC CFO Gregory Willis; but in the short term ALC's quarterly results are down, partly driven by an increase in composite financing costs. more
08/05/2024
A lack of certainty around the timing of new aircraft deliveries is the key challenge faced by AerCap today, CEO Aengus Kelly told the lessor’s Q1 2024 earnings call on 1st May. more
07/05/2024
Just over $3 billion was issued in April by lessors tracked by Ishka, bringing the total issued so far in 2024 to $9.12 billion. more
03/05/2024
South Korean conglomerate Hanwha has officially launched Hanwha Aviation, an aircraft and engine leasing platform based in Singapore. more
03/05/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
This is the 10th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Since the last update on 19th March 2024, Ishka recorded five aircraft trades and has added a new category to indicate buyers’ interest in aircraft 10 years and older. more
01/05/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Asset managers surveyed by Ishka state expected unlevered returns have tightened for both mid-life and new-tech aircraft since Ishka’s last survey, conducted in October 2023. more
30/04/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Aircraft lessors are gearing up for a key court hearing with their insurers in Dublin this June, under claims based on their contingent insurance policies for aircraft trapped in Russia. more
24/04/2024
Aircraft asset manager SKY Leasing is understood to be in the market to sell its leasing portfolio, Sky Fund V. In the OEM sector, Boeing and RTX have begun arranging compensation packages with airlines affected by airworthiness directives and delivery delays. more
19/04/2024
Lessors received 28 aircraft from the two major OEMs in March. more
18/04/2024
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