Ishka reveals two new narrowbody RFPs with submission deadlines set for May. Elsewhere, Spirit AeroSystems Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement with Airbus. more
29/04/2025
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Airbus deliveries to US customers have slowed, representing just 12% of the manufacturer’s output so far in April, down from 20% in the first quarter. more
25/04/2025
Air India is negotiating with Boeing to acquire ten 737 MAX aircraft initially scheduled for Chinese airlines. more
25/04/2025
The total number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka remains around 22% lower than a year ago, at 282. more
23/04/2025
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Ishka catches up with Romain Chambard, VP, Marketing at Rolls-Royce to discuss MRO costs, aftermarket investment and engine updates. more
18/04/2025
Delta becomes the first major airline to acknowledge tariff impacts on its fleet plans. Meanwhile, the EU has paused its planned retaliatory tariffs as Trump raises duties on China to 125%, intensifying trade tensions. more
10/04/2025
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
09/04/2025
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US President Donald Trump's latest tariffs are set to have significant global trade implications. Ishka explores how the fallout could affect the aviation sector. more
03/04/2025
BOC Aviation has ordered 70 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, along with 50 Boeing 737-8 aircraft. more
01/04/2025
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AerCap’s CEO, Aengus Kelly, explained that under a ‘worst-case’ scenario new tariffs could increase the cost of a Boeing 787 by an additional $40 million. more
14/03/2025
Uncapped OEM escalation costs are deterring some lessors from placing new aircraft orders, according to leasing executives speaking at last week’s ISTAT conference in Phoenix. more
12/03/2025
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
11/03/2025
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The total number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka remains low at 283. more
27/02/2025
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Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
17/02/2025
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Ishka hears that a lessor is set to part out two six-year-old A320neos, due to the elevated lease rates available on the Pratt & Whitney PW1000G engines, making these among the first A320neos to be parted out. more
31/01/2025
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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
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
28/01/2025
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Narrowbody engine prices continued to see upward pressure across most types in the last three months of 2024, while lease rates continued to stabilise or slightly decline, according to Ishka’s latest engine buyers survey more
24/01/2025
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Total new aircraft deliveries from Airbus and Boeing in 2024 dropped to below 2022 levels. more
17/01/2025
The number of aircraft being remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka is around 20% lower than a year ago in January 2024. more
14/01/2025
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Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
13/01/2025
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Simon Goodson, CEO of USM trader AerFin, talks to Ishka about the parts shortage and its wider market ramifications. more
06/01/2025
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The court overseeing Spirit Airlines’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy has approved the sale of the remaining 18 aircraft of the 23-strong A320 family transaction with GA Telesis. more
19/12/2024
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Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
17/12/2024
The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka continues to dwindle, and now sits at 307. more
26/11/2024
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Lessors received 16 aircraft from their order books with Airbus and Boeing in October. more
21/11/2024
The impact of Boeing’s recently resolved workers’ strike seems to have materially impacted the manufacturer’s delivery numbers in October, with just nine 737 MAX deliveries during the month. more
15/11/2024
The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka has dropped slightly to 316 in October – down from 333 in September. more
29/10/2024
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Striking Boeing workers have voted to reject the company’s latest offer. more
24/10/2024
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
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Aircraft storage levels appear to have fallen to their lowest since the pandemic, despite continued high levels of A320neo storage. more
04/10/2024
GA Telesis’s CEO, Abdol Moabery, warned that hundreds of aircraft could be heading to the part-out market by 2028 and 2030 as aircraft OEMs are forecasted to significantly increase their delivery output. more
01/10/2024
IATA has recorded eight consecutive months of double-digit growth across the cargo market, stabilising lease rates for widebody freighters amid consistent demand for metal. more
30/09/2024
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The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka stays around the 330 mark for the fourth month in a row. more
24/09/2024
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Ishka provides updates on the recent merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines and the latest offer from Boeing to striking workers. more
24/09/2024
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has pulled out of the ISTATA EMEA conference, a trade gathering for aircraft investors and financiers, after the OEM announced it was banning non-essential travel last week in the wake of ongoing strikes to help preserve cash. more
20/09/2024
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Lessor CDB Aviation has announced two large orders for narrowbody aircraft with Airbus and Boeing in a move set to more than triple its total confirmed order book with the two OEMs. more
19/09/2024
The ongoing strike by Boeing workers “will jeopardise our recovery,” CFO Brian West told a Morgan Stanley conference on Friday. more
17/09/2024
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 Engine Data Sheet pulls together trends and figures in the engine leasing space. more
26/08/2024
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
Boeing made a more promising start to Q3, delivering 43 aircraft in July and equalling its monthly year-on-year deliveries for the first month this year. more
16/08/2024
The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka remains in a plateau in August. more
15/08/2024
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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
Ishka summarises orders from Farnborough 2024. more
25/07/2024
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Ishka provides updates on Airbus and Boeing delivery volumes and new aircraft orders. more
16/07/2024
The number of aircraft being remarketed on sites analysed by Ishka has remained largely consistent month-on-month, increasing by one from 331 to 332 aircraft. more
11/07/2024
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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
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Boeing has finalised a deal to re-acquire key supplier Spirit AeroSystems. more
02/07/2024