The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects net airline industry losses of $47.7 billion in 2021 (net profit margin of -10.4%). This is an improvement on the estimated net industry loss...
Warburg Pincus, a global private equity firm focused on growth investing, has formed Aquila Air Capital, which is a new specialty finance platform focused on commercial aerospace, in partnership with ...
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) has entered into an agreement to acquire 15 Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft from Boeing. This order is DAE's first direct aircraft order and first direct 737 MAX purchase fr...
Falko Regional Aircraft – the regional aircraft leasing specialist – has priced its inaugural asset-backed securitisation (ABS) transaction: Regional 2021-1, which seeks to raise up to $255.0 million ...
In 2020 commercial aircraft delivery funding volume dropped by 40% when compared to 2019 levels to $59 billion, according to Boeing Capital’s 2021 Current Aircraft Finance Market Outlook (CAFMO). A si...
The Integrated Finance Linked Insurance (IFLI) division of Piiq Risk Partners, the global aerospace (re)insurance broker, has successfully completed its first insurance-backed aviation finance transac...
Aviation investors are up in arms about the Stalking Horse bid launched by VMO Aircraft Leasing (VMO) – the new leasing company set up with the backing of Ares’ Private Equity Group in January 2021 – ...
Eli Rozenberg and the El Al team certainly have their work cut-out: El Al reported a net loss of $531 million, while revenue fell 70% year-on-year to $623 million. The Israeli flag carrier’s latest r...
Norse Atlantic Airways, the new, Norwegian start-up airline, has confirmed that Bjorn Tore Larsen, Norse’s CEO, will subscribe for stock worth the equivalent of $10 million, while $64 million has been...
The European Commission has presented a proposal today to create a Digital Green Certificate, which will certify that a person has either been vaccinated against COVID-19, received a negative test res...
Not long after Norwegian bowed out of the low-cost long-haul market, a new competitor has emerged to fill the gap – and features the same founder member. Yesterday Norse Atlantic Airways reveals low-c...
AerCap has confirmed that it has entered into a definitive agreement with General Electric to acquire 100% of GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) for a total value of approximately $30bn. Under the t...
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