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$1.25 billion in unsecured debt was raised by lessors in June. more
02/07/2025
Ishka's report investigates why aircraft lessors are parting out A320neos. more
17/06/2025
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets
Carlyle Aviation Partners (Carlyle) has priced $525.667 million of new 2025-2 aviation ABS notes. more
16/06/2025
Boeing has hit a 38-per-month production target on the 737 programme, a key milestone in the production ramp-up of its flagship narrowbody. Boeing confirmed to Ishka that it had reached 'rate 38' on the 737 programme in May. more
06/06/2025
Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC)’s $596 million ABS, WEST VIII, has priced. more
05/06/2025
Willis Lease Finance Corporation (WLFC) is in the market with a $596 million ABS, Willis Engine Structured Trust VIII / WEST VIII. more
04/06/2025
in Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
The post ‘liberation day’ capital market environment was described as ‘tepid’ last week in Dublin as industry professionals gathered for Ishka’s Aviation Finance Festival and Trading Summit: Midlife, Engines & Parts conferences. more
28/05/2025
SKY Leasing (SKY)’s $503 million aircraft lease ABS SLAM 2025-1 has priced, achieving a spread of 180 on its single A tranche. more
20/05/2025
SKY Leasing is in the market with a $503 million aircraft lease ABS, SLAM 2025-1. more
14/05/2025
Lessor capital market activity has generally been quite muted, with no new bond issuances in the last six weeks more
13/05/2025
Ishka has announced the full list of winners for its deal of the year awards. The awards will be celebrated across three upcoming Ishka conferences in Dublin, New York and Singapore. more
09/05/2025
Alt lender PK AirFinance is back in the ABS market with the first aviation loan securitisation of the year, PKAIR 2025-1. more
02/05/2025
Saudi lessor AviLease has closed a $1.5 billion three-year unsecured revolving credit facility, while Avolon has announced the completion of a five-year $1.1 billion senior unsecured facility. more
30/04/2025
in Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets , Aviation Banks and Lenders
US Treasury bond yields have seen a large amount of volatility in recent weeks. more
28/04/2025
Investors in senior tranches are welcoming some of the recent structural changes to recent aviation ABS deals, but spreads may have to rise to accommodate investors in new deals, warned speakers last week at Ishka’s Investing in Aviation Finance: Europe. more
02/04/2025
BOC Aviation has ordered 70 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, along with 50 Boeing 737-8 aircraft. more
01/04/2025
in Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
After a rapid succession of commercial aircraft ABS came to market in the first few months of the year, issuance announcements have slowed. more
18/03/2025
Lessors raised approximately $426 million in unsecured capital markets debt in February. more
10/03/2025
Two recently marketed aircraft lease ABS issuances from Gilead (the Pimco-AerCap JV) and Altavair have now priced. more
21/02/2025
Altavair is in the market with its debut $582.88 million aircraft lease ABS issuance, ALTDE 2025-1. more
14/02/2025
Castlelake’s recent $819.75 million CLAS 2025-1 aircraft lease ABS has priced with yields of 5.85% and 6.5% on its series A and B notes respectively. more
10/02/2025
Gilead, the Pimco-AerCap JV, is in the market with a $600 million aircraft lease ABS. more
10/02/2025
Lessors issued $2.5 billion in unsecured capital markets debt in January, with issuances from AerCap, BOC Aviation, and Aircastle. more
06/02/2025
US fund manager and leasing firm Castlelake, L.P. is in the market with an $819.75 million aircraft lease ABS, Castlelake Aircraft Structured Trust 2025-1. more
05/02/2025
The first aircraft ABS issuance of 2025, Carlyle Aviation Partners’ AASET 2025-1, has priced with yields of 6.017% and 6.667% for the A-1 and B-1 tranches respectively. more
30/01/2025
Carlyle Aviation Partners is back in the market with the first commercial aircraft ABS of 2025, the $518.3 million AASET 2025-1. more
27/01/2025
AerCap was again the big bond issuer of the year in 2024, with $4.65 billion raised on the unsecured bond market. more
10/01/2025
November was an exceptionally muted month for lessor unsecured debt issuance, with CMB Financial Leasing the sole issuer. more
09/12/2024
Ishka is now accepting submissions for its Deal of the Year Awards. The Ishka Deal of the Year Awards celebrate the best-closed aircraft financings of 2024. more
06/12/2024
105 aviation ABS tranches tracked by Ishka traded in the last 90 days, accounting for 444 individual trades. more
28/11/2024
Aviation alt lender volofin anticipates tapping the aircraft loan ABS again in 2025 while aircraft and engine lessor WNG is in the process of evaluating second-round bids for a portfolio of mid-life aircraft and engines. more
25/11/2024
Alternative aircraft lender volofin Capital Management Ltd (volofin) prices debut $507.2 million aircraft loan ABS: vFin 2024-1. more
20/11/2024
October was a muted month for lessor capital markets activity, with just $560 million raised in unsecured debt across three issuances. more
04/11/2024
Two key panel session takeaways from Ishka Aviation Investival: North America, which took place in New York on Tuesday 15th October 2024. more
22/10/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets , OEMs, Cargo & Engines
Hedge funds and specialist funds that targeted distressed C notes and subordinated notes in aircraft ABS are mounting campaigns to push securitisation boards to sell aircraft assets, Ishka understands. more
10/10/2024
Lessors tracked by Ishka raised $4.2 billion in unsecured capital markets debt in September. more
02/10/2024
in Lessors & Asset managers , Airline trends & analysis , Capital Markets
There may be more aircraft ABS this year say sources, but rates need to drop for C and E notes to work. more
26/09/2024
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
25/09/2024
in Lessors & Asset managers , Capital Markets , Aviation Banks and Lenders
Senior notes for new aircraft ABS deals are scoring yields below 5.5%, as investors warm to the asset class. September saw a flurry of activity as three aircraft lease securitisations and one aircraft loan ABS came to market, all of which have priced in the last 10 days. more
20/09/2024
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
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
Lessors tracked by Ishka raised $650 million in unsecured capital markets debt in August. more
11/09/2024
97 aviation ABS tranches tracked by Ishka traded in the last 90 days, accounting for 356 individual trades. more
05/09/2024
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
Ishka's market snapshot data sheet brings together key trends and figures in the aviation finance space. more
22/08/2024
Lessors tracked by Ishka raised just over $1.4 billion in July. more
01/08/2024
117 aviation ABS tranches tracked by Ishka traded in the last 90 days, accounting for 464 individual trades. more
19/07/2024
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
Lessors tracked by Ishka raised $4.05 billion in unsecured debt in June. more
03/07/2024
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