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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
The latest package of sanctions announced by the European Union will require EU-based companies to add a contractual clause preventing the re-export of aviation equipment and related services to Russia. more
09/04/2024
SMBC Aviation Capital CEO Peter Barrett talks to Ishka about rising lease rates, how a weak Japanese Yen is impacting aircraft leasing and the difficulties of M&A in the aircraft leasing space. more
27/03/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Other
Ishka provides updates on confirmed lessor order books with Airbus and Boeing as of 29th February. more
26/03/2024
Multiple sources have confirmed that there has been an uptick of interest from private equity (PE) investors for aircraft opportunities in 2024 – a stark contrast to last year which was noticeably difficult for new fundraises, particularly in aviation. more
21/03/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Other
This is the 9th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Ishka recorded eight new aircraft trades and added two new firms to the list since the last update on January 23rd, 2024. more
19/03/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Aircraft asset managers confide that currency movements are starting to impact Japanese investor appetite and behaviour when it comes to aircraft investments. Separately Ishka examines UK lessor Falko Regional Aircraft recent acquisition of 24 regional jets. more
18/03/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Other
Aircraft lessor CEOs speaking at the ISTAT Americas conference in Austin in early March discussed rising lease rates, aircraft shortage and potential M&A. more
08/03/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Aircraft traders share that there has been more interest in older aircraft as lessors release more portfolios into the market. more
29/02/2024
Welcome to the 119th ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
28/02/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
A return to pre-shock OEM production levels would only be the first step towards steadying a supply-demand imbalance that shows “no signs of ending anytime soon,” AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly told the lessor’s Q4 2023 earnings call. more
27/02/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers
Kuwaiti Lessor ALAFCO is to sell an additional 23 aircraft from its portfolio to Macquarie AirFinance. more
23/02/2024
SpiceJet [On Watch] has been denied further extensions on its outstanding debt payments to Credit Suisse and ordered by India’s Supreme Court to pay $1.25 million before March 15. more
22/02/2024
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) came out in support of Boeing in its earnings call last week and reported record revenues and profits for its fourth quarter and full-year results. more
20/02/2024
Aircraft leasing platforms raised just $1.3 billion through new publicly announced equity funds and joint ventures (JV) in 2023, according to Ishka research. more
15/02/2024
Welcome to the 118th ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
12/02/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Ishka's asset managers datasheet provides a summary of recent news, activity, and metrics of aircraft asset managers in Q4 2023. more
08/02/2024
Ishka looks at some of the key talking points from aircraft investors on the aviation finance market last week in Dublin. more
02/02/2024
in Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Welcome to the 117th ‘Extra’ supplement to Ishka’s Transaction Economics platform, delivering ‘the Ishka View’ on events that have a bearing on aircraft values and lease rates, and the market dynamics that matter in today’s aviation environment. more
31/01/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Aircastle is planning to acquire in excess of $1 billion in aircraft assets during 2024, traders tell Ishka. According to Ishka’s aircraft buyer’s database, Aircastle will be targeting a combination of both new and mid-life narrowbodies. more
30/01/2024
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