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Lessor Phoenix Aviation Capital (Phoenix) has agreed a PDP financing facility of up to $300 million with AIP Capital, to be used for Phoenix’s order book of 30 Boeing 737 MAX 8s. more
17/04/2025
After years of waiting, India moved a significant step closer to full implementation of the Cape Town Convention this week with the Indian Parliament approving legislation transposing it into national law. more
04/04/2025
In a guest Insight, Aldo Giovannitti from consultancy, Aernovum Aviation looks at the pricing, opportunity and risks for an alternative aircraft asset often overlooked by many investors – the training aircraft market. more
27/03/2025
The global aviation industry ramps up its response to mounting US tariff pressures, with reactions from AerCap, Boeing and a coalition of 15 aviation groups. Castlelake closes its fifth aviation credit fund with over $2bn in committed capital. more
24/03/2025
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Ishka’s latest bank survey reveals adjusted risk margins continue to fall for both lessors and airlines. more
21/03/2025
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
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines , Other
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
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , OEMs, Cargo & Engines , Other
After several requests, Ishka is extending the deadline for Deal of the Year Awards submissions to 21st of February 2025. The awards will be handed out at the Ishka Aviation Finance Festival in Dublin on the 20th of May. more
21/01/2025
in Lessors & Asset managers , ESG & Regulation , Other , Aviation Banks and Lenders
In this Insight we take our annual look of those airlines that called time during 2024. more
20/01/2025
Bank financing costs for top-tier airlines and lessors contracted in the last three months of 2024, while warehouse costs have also tightened, according to research conducted by Ishka. more
09/01/2025
Ishka is taking a short break over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. We want to thank all our readers for their continued help and engagement with Ishka Insights. Your normal Insights service will resume in January. more
23/12/2024
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Anne-Bart Tieleman, founder and CEO of TrueNoord, tells Ishka that the regional jet lessor will be “actively looking” at an aircraft order from “one or even two” OEMs in 2025. more
11/12/2024
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
Marc Cho and Abdol Moabery speak with Ishka about what the Spirit trade means for GA Telesis’ long-term leasing ambitions, and why there is a ceiling on engine LLP escalation. more
03/12/2024
More aircraft lessors are competing for Embraer aircraft in the sale/leaseback market, according to numerous industry sources. The trend shows that Embraer’s E1 and E2 assets appear to be broadening their appeal beyond a fairly small group of regional jet lessors.Ishka reports on a new Spanish infra fund entering into aviation more
02/12/2024
Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more
09/09/2024
Ishka examines how Aeroflot's plan to agree insurance settlements could impact ongoing litigation from aircraft lessors. more
06/09/2024
in Lessors & Asset managers , Airline trends & analysis , Other
Welcome to Ishka's Transaction Update, a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing. more
02/09/2024
Ishka reviews Q2 2024 SLB pricing trends for new tech single-aisle aircraft to examine net present values (NPVs), and unlevered returns (IRRs). more
15/07/2024
Many lessors are either “severely underinsured” or “simply not insured” for cyber crime according to London headquartered insurance broker, Consilium. more
05/07/2024
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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
Deutsche Bank is due to announce the acquisition of a portfolio of secured aircraft loans from fellow German lender NordLB, according to multiple aviation finance sources. more
03/06/2024
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
Three PE-owned leasing firms have made senior leadership changes, including the loss of two CEOs, one CFO and at least three other leasing executives, all in the last few months. Ishka examines why. more
16/04/2024
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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
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
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
Ishka examines Watson Farley & Williams' relaunched, and expanded, Global Aviation Resource Index (GARI), an online tool which covers repossession and deregistration rights in over 100 jurisdictions. more
12/03/2024
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Ishka presents the full list of its 2023 Deal of the Year Award winners. more
11/03/2024
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Aircraft traders share that there has been more interest in older aircraft as lessors release more portfolios into the market. more
29/02/2024
This is the 7th 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 seven new aircraft trades and added three new firms to the list since the last update on December 6th 2024. more
23/01/2024
Ishka notes an increase in aircraft trading activity last year with 31 of the 34 leasing firms monitored by Ishka in its Aircraft Buyers Database managing to acquire at least one aircraft via the intra-lessor market in 2023. more
16/01/2024
After several requests for extensions, Ishka has pushed back the deadline for 2023 deal of the year submissions till the 26th of January. more
10/01/2024
in Aircraft values, Lease Rates & Returns , Other , Aviation Banks and Lenders
Ishka is taking a short break over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. We want to thank all our readers for their continued help and engagement with Ishka Insights. Your normal Insights service will resume in January. more
21/12/2023
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Aircraft lessors are understood to have submitted first-round bids for several aircraft portfolios currently in the market as many sellers look to shortlist buyers in January. more
14/12/2023
This is the 7th 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 seven new aircraft trades and added three new firms to the list since the last update on September 20th 2023. more
06/12/2023
This is the 6th 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 five new aircraft trades and added three new firms to the list since the last update on July 23 2023. more
20/09/2023
More aircraft lessors are exploring the spare engine leasing market on the back of rising engine prices and lease rates due to MRO delays and parts shortages. more
09/06/2023
Ishka understands multiple airlines with RFPs out in the market are actively exploring Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) financing for upcoming aircraft deliveries. more
30/03/2023
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JOLCO investor appetite appears to have rebounded from the lows of the last few months of 2022, thanks, in part, to the strengthening of the Japanese Yen (JPY) against the US Dollar (USD). more
21/03/2023
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A reminder that the submissions deadline for Ishka Deal of the Year Awards submissions is less than two weeks away on the 10th February 2023. more
27/01/2023
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A year on, Ishka examines the legal takeaways from a heavily contested Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring used to prevent an attempted auction of leased Airbus A350s by a distressed debt investor at the expense of JOL investors and junior debt holders more
03/01/2023
Ishka is taking a short break over the Christmas and New Year holiday period. We want to thank all our readers for their continued help and engagement with Ishka Insights. Your normal Insights service will resume in January. more
21/12/2022
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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 2022. more
01/12/2022
Avolon’s new CEO, Andy Cronin, says lease rates for lessor orderbook Airbus A320neos and Boeing 737 MAXs have climbed 15% to 20% since their “trough” in the first half of 2021 to reach parity with pre-Covid rates. more
07/10/2022
Ishka understands that there has been investor interest in buying lessor claims against insurers for aircraft trapped in Russia, and Aeroflot has reportedly disassembled an Airbus A350. more
19/08/2022
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The Covid-19 pandemic forced the grounding of thousands of aircraft, in many cases to never be operated again. Two years on from the beginning of global Covid-19 travel restrictions, Ishka takes a look at the currently parked fleet and assesses what proportion of these aircraft will return to revenue service. more
16/03/2022
Ishka reviews what impact inflationary pressures may have on aircraft investors and its relationship with four Ps: Planes, Pilots, Petrol, and basis Points. more
08/02/2022
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