The EU has pushed for a “broad donor base” including highly polluting sectors like aviation to pay for COP27's landmark Loss and Damage fund. more
24/11/2022
This is the fourth in a series of supplements to Ishka delivering ‘The Ishka View’ on aviation ESG and other Sustainability developments. more
03/11/2022
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Aircraft Leasing Ireland (ALI) members signed an industry-first Sustainability Charter on 27th October 2022, setting the basis for aircraft lessors to take a united position on sustainability. more
28/10/2022
Ishka explores the reaction to ICAO’s recently announced 2050 Net Zero goal, the impact of higher ETS costs, and CORSIA’s new lowered baseline. more
26/10/2022
Ishka analyses data powered by PACE to compare tonnes of CO2/ASK fleet averages across operators of five new-technology narrowbody and widebody types. more
25/10/2022
Ishka explores the reaction to ICAO’s recently announced 2050 Net Zero goal, the impact of higher ETS costs, and CORSIA’s new lowered baseline. more
21/10/2022
Ishka examines airlines with both sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) offtake agreements and 2030 SAF use targets. The list covers 17 airlines (up from 13 previously). more
20/10/2022
The 14 commercially-operated aircraft types for which a conversion option to a zero or low-emission powertrain exists or is under development. more
27/09/2022
Much is known about operational emissions of aircraft, but much more is yet to be learned about the environmental impacts of aircraft manufacturing – “cradle-to-gate” environmental impacts. more
21/09/2022
Regional aircraft lessor Abelo CEO Stephen Gorman sits down with Ishka to discuss the leasing company’s progress, market outlook, and its ESG plans. more
15/09/2022
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , ESG & Regulation
This is the fourth in a series of supplements to Ishka delivering ‘The Ishka View’ on aviation ESG and other Sustainability developments. more
02/09/2022
Aviation finance association Impact, now backed by 33 members, laid down its metrics aspirations to track aviation decarbonisation in a white paper released on 23rd August. more
24/08/2022
The tally of sustainable finance transactions involving airlines or aircraft in 2022 could soon surpass the total number of deals in 2021 more
17/08/2022
Ishka investigates the inclusion of aviation in sustainable finance taxonomies to find out where, outside the EU, aviation assets could eventually achieve taxonomy alignment. more
10/08/2022
This six-page ESG Extra special captures the 2022 Farnborough Airshow sustainability highlights. more
02/08/2022
This is the third in a series of supplements to Ishka delivering ‘The Ishka View’ on aviation ESG and other Sustainability developments. more
11/07/2022
Air France will make sustainable finance a “strong preference” in future aircraft financing RFP processes following the closure of three sustainability-linked transactions earlier this year, Ishka can reveal. more
01/07/2022
From sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) prices to mandate developments, Ishka provides a summary of some of the points covered in its latest SAF webinar with Argus Media. more
22/06/2022
As the industry embarks in a concerted effort to decarbonise, a spotty record of missed environmental pledges hampers its credibility – could investors be unsettled by potential regulatory backlash? more
03/06/2022
in Regulatory and Accounting , Investor Education
The legislative effort to incorporate aviation into the EU Taxonomy, Europe’s gold standard for sustainable investing, is nearing its final stages. Ishka explores some of the key points of contention. more
26/05/2022
New propulsion technologies in development today could mean that SAF’s heyday is concentrated in a 15 to 30-year regulatory-driven window, new modelling by KPMG Ireland suggests. more
25/03/2022
Impact, a new aviation finance association dedicated to achieving Net Zero CO2 emissions by 2050, has announced its founding board and president as it formally launches this week. more
24/03/2022
JP Lease continues to be locked in a legal battle with investment fund and start-up lessor FitzWalter Capital, over the planned sale of two Airbus A350s on lease to Vietnam Airlines via two separate JOLs arranged by JP Lease. more
22/02/2022
A group of about 20 international aviation banks and institutions are in the process of establishing an independent association Impact (Initiative to Measure and Promote Aviation’s Carbon-free Transition e. V.) to promote sustainable aircraft financing. more
17/01/2022
The 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, ended last week with climate pledges by nations for aviation falling short of assurances for other sectors. more
16/11/2021
The UK has signalled that some upcoming green finance eligibility requirements will be based on the EU Taxonomy, bolstering the international significance of efforts to add aviation to the EU Taxonomy. more
25/10/2021
in Regulatory and Accounting , Aircraft Finance Market
From hydrogen aircraft to SAF, Ishka examines aviation’s progress coming to terms with its role in the climate crisis following the ISTAT 2021 EMEA conference. more
08/10/2021
The Aviation Working Group (AWG), a not-for-profit entity comprised of major aviation stakeholders including lessors, has called for “significant changes” to proposed requirements for new aircraft green finance eligibility under the EU Taxonomy. more
24/09/2021
Aircraft lessors have been left dismayed by a proposal which would condition green finance eligibility for new aircraft under the EU Taxonomy to the scrapping more polluting aircraft. more
22/09/2021
The EU and US are making important inroads into legislation expected to encourage adoption of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), fuel produced by non-fossil feedstocks which can be blended with conventional kerosene. more
06/07/2021
EETC investors Hudson Structured Capital Management (Hudson) and CarVal Investors (CarVal) are suing Ares Management and Wilmington Trust, for an alleged “sham” auction of 10 Boeing 737-800 aircraft. more
14/06/2021
The draft of a much-awaited framework by the European Commission on sustainable investment for aviation is set to be shared in the next few months. The framework will be critical for informing 'green' aircraft investments. more
10/06/2021
in Regulatory and Accounting , Investor Education , Aircraft Finance Market
More airlines are likely to go bust or enter a formal court-led restructuring process in the next 12 months warned panellists speaking at the Ishka+ Investing in Aviation Finance: Europe conference as airlines continue to suffer depressed revenues due to the Covid-19 pandemic. more
07/05/2021
Aviation consultant Michael Halaby and Ishka editor Dickon Harris examine how a lack of an applicable set of ESG standards for aviation is holding back the development of green financing for aviation. more
20/04/2021
in Regulatory and Accounting , Modelling and Forecasting , Aircraft Finance Market
In a guest Insight Freshfields partner Craig Montgomery, and associate Adam Jones, who advised Malaysia Airlines, discuss the airline’s use of a UK scheme of arrangement to renegotiate its aircraft leases. more
07/04/2021
Aircraft impairments recorded by 16 lessors analysed by Ishka totalled $2.7 billion in 2020, a 485% increase from the $461 million recorded by the same lessors in 2019. more
22/03/2021
in Lessors and Lease Rates , Regulatory and Accounting
The Government of Malta has tabled in parliament an update to the country’s 2010 Aircraft Registration Act to make itself more appealing to lessors. more
08/10/2020
in Lessors and Lease Rates , Regulatory and Accounting , Investor Education
In a guest insight Kevin MacLeod, Vedder Price’s Head of the New York Capital Markets Group, examines some of the structural protections prevalent in recent aircraft ABS transactions. more
13/08/2020
Covid-19 has pushed the climate crisis out of the limelight. Airlines and governments worldwide have put the focus on short-term survival rather than long-term sustainability. more
08/06/2020
Ishka estimates that as of 23rd April governments around the world are preparing or have executed airline bailouts worth up to $99.4 billion. more
23/04/2020
This is the fifth updated summary of airline demands for state support and bailout offers by governments around the world. more
17/04/2020
Ten major US airlines have agreed to the partial repayment of payroll grants under the CARES Act after some initial resistance, paving the way for the disbursement of the initial $25 billion allocated to passenger carriers. more
16/04/2020
Ishka estimates that governments are preparing or executing up to $92 billion in financial assistance for airlines around the world. more
09/04/2020
in Airline Profiles , Regulatory and Accounting , Aircraft Finance Market
A $58 billion bailout for US airlines was signed into law by President Donald Trump on 27th March as part of the CARES Act. Ishka examines the provisions for state aid to US air carriers. more
30/03/2020
in Airline Profiles , Regulatory and Accounting , Aircraft Finance Market
Ishka provides a summary of the demands by airlines for state assistance and the current levels of government support and bailouts on offer. more
19/03/2020
in Airline Profiles , Regulatory and Accounting , Aircraft Finance Market
EU bodies are looking to add aviation to its upcoming green taxonomy, which regulates what debt and public equity investments can be marketed as sustainable to European investors. more
25/02/2020
in Regulatory and Accounting , Capital Markets , Aircraft Finance Market
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
The premium of jet fuel over crude oil has increased 31.3% since new limits for the sulphur content of marine fuels was announced. more
11/11/2019
Treaty lenders are slowly returning to the Japanese market after tax reforms announced last year left overseas lenders unsure how competitive they could be against domestic banks when contending for JOLCO debt mandates. more
22/10/2019
Burgeoning aircraft manufacturers like COMAC are reaping the rewards of the Boeing-Airbus World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute. more
07/10/2019
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