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European lessors warn up to 80% of lessees demanding rent holidays

Many European lessors are seeing up to 80% of their airline clients ask for rental holidays, according to leasing sources, as scores of carriers seek to preserve cash. more

03/04/2020

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aviation financings , Aircraft Finance Market

Lessors forced to wait for MRO slots

A spike in MRO activity is forcing aircraft lessors to wait for availability to overhaul aircraft and engines. more

25/06/2018

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aviation financings , Aircraft Finance Market

Castlelake to acquire 23 aircraft for fifth ABS

Aircraft fund manager returns to the ABS market with CLAS 2018-1. more

05/06/2018

in Lessors and Lease Rates , Aviation financings , Aircraft Finance Market

The Investor View: M&G Investments

Matthew O’Sullivan, Co-Head of ABS Credit Research at M&G investments discusses the aviation finance investment landscape. more

02/06/2018

in Aviation financings , Investor Education

European aircraft deliveries update: Airbus and Boeing

In an update to a series of reports published in June 2017, Ishka provides a guide to planned aircraft deliveries for both Airbus and Boeing built aircraft destined for European carriers extending to the end of 2018. more

14/11/2017

in Aviation financings , Modelling and Forecasting

Alitalia – a test case for the modern ABS

Ishka studies the key features of the top three ABS exposed to Alitalia to understand their structural protections for investor protection. more

16/06/2017

in Aviation financings , Capital Markets

Bank finance in the Gulf: Liquidity up, pricing remains low

Airlines across the Middle East have around 165 aircraft orders scheduled for delivery between May and December 2017. Competition between banks, both established and regional, to finance these orders, has been fierce. more

29/05/2017

in Aircraft Finance Market , Aviation financings

Widebody evolution among public lessors

Ishka analyses the portfolio of the public lessors between 2011 and 2016 to understand the evolution of widebody aircraft in their fleets. more

02/02/2017

in Aircraft Asset Profiles , Lessors and Lease Rates , Aviation financings

AerCap: right size, not big size

AerCap’s latest results show a deterioration in certain credit metrics as the lessor continues to streamline its business. The Ishka view is that AerCap’s current robust operational metrics and stated strategic plans appear healthy and go some way towards mitigating concerns over the softening of the company’s credit parameters in the past nine months. more

11/11/2016

in Lessors , Aviation financings , Lessor finances , Aircraft financing and leases

Stellwagen Capital’s new aviation fund explained

Ishka speaks with Howard Millar, CEO, Stellwagen Capital about the lending criteria of its new fund as it raises a $1 billion 10-year fund to offer secured aircraft loans to airlines and lessors. more

24/08/2016

in Aviation financings , Aircraft financing and leases