Hong Kong authorities late yesterday rejected Jetstar Hong Kong’s application for an AOC, sighting that the airline’s primary place of business and decision making was not in Hong Kong, stating: “Jets...
When people ask me what is going on in the industry my mind always goes blank because there is simply too much to mention and most of the time the interesting things are embargoed but if we were going...
AerCap offering of $800 million senior notes announced yesterday is reported to have been upsized to $1bn due to strong demand. The pricing was also tightened to 4.250% on the $500 million five-year t...
MERS is causing the usual pandemic fear share sell-off across the APAC region with airlines taking a sizable hit. MERS has been spreading across the Middle East for a very long time now, going mostly ...
The Paris Air Show thus far has been impressive all round although many announcements are MOUs or LOIs, as such all will be watching to see if these are converted. The Volga-Dnepr group 20 747-8 MOU w...
Without doubt the main news story of the aviation sector remains the Southwest and Delta wholesale domestic fare increases, Delta took the lead and then to the joy and surprise of many investors, Sout...
IATA projections have always been wildly amended but a 42%+ revision is exceptional even for IATA. The industry association has boosted its forecasted 2015 collective net profit for the world’s airlin...
American International Group (AIG) has closed the final chapter of the sale of International Lease Financing Corporation (ILFC) to AerCap with the public offering of 71.2 million AerCap shares, reduci...
Skymark Airlines’ largest creditor, Intrepid Aviation, which is owed some ¥100 billion from Skymark – about a third of its total debt of ¥320 billion – has submitted its own rehabilitation plan for th...
Early last week this news service revealed that Element Financial was preparing an aircraft asset backed securitisation. More details have emerged this week in two presale reports from Standard & Poor...
After Spirit shares slide 10% following the downgraded 2015 forecast it is worth noting that this airline is undervalued: Spirit Airlines revenue passenger miles (RPMs) increased 28.5% year-on-year to...
The CEOs of American Airlines Group, Delta Air Lines, and United Continental Holdings made a joint appearance on Friday at the National Press Club in Washington DC to detail their claims that Emirates...
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