Boeing-Embraer merger progress delayed

The Growth Frontiers London event sparked debate and discussion around the regional aircraft market, bringing together investors, arrangers, brokers, lessors and airlines to discuss current challenges and opportunities. As has become the norm for most aviation conferences, there was plenty of talk about the current headwinds – fuel, competition, the current supply/demand situation that is pushing up aircraft values and depressing lease rates – to name a few. However, despite the general agreement that a correction is coming, it is clear that liquidity remains buoyant, which is likely to remain at least for the short-term future. One speaker suggested that