Great news for the European aviation sector came on Monday when Lufthansa became the first airline to take the brave step of paving the way for higher ticket prices in the face of increasing regulator...
Well we should kick off with a well done to Willie Walsh in closing the deal on the BMI just in time for Christmas. Next stop for him will no doubt be knocking at the door of TAP and/or Air Malta. 201...
Air France has closed an export credit agency-backed financing for one A380 (msn 64). The ECA-deal is combined with a French tax lease. The initial delivery took place in June 2011 when Credit Agricol...
Indian carriers, already battered by falling fares and high oil prices, are now facing one of the worst December quarters on record as the rupee falls to new lows against the dollar at Rs53.25. As wit...
The leasing market in 2011 has been one of many worries, some lessors are thinking about a return to the problems of 2008 when parent companies got into trouble. Already the economic problems in the E...
Well we have been saying it is coming for some time and here it is – confirmation that Etihad has purchased a 29.21% stake in airberlin to become the largest single shareholder. It is telling that a...
Fortune magazine published an article yesterday bemoaning the state of the airline industry that is facing new carbon taxes in the form of the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), which...
Following Southwest’s announcement that it had signed a firm order for 150 737Max aircraft, Boeing was brimming with confidence that it will split the narrrowbody market between the Max and the Neo. S...
In conjunction with Mercatus Energy Advisors, Airline Economics has launched a fuel hedging survey. The purpose of this study is to analyse the fuel hedging practices of the airline industry and, once...
Well we have been saying it is coming for some time and here it is – confirmation that Etihad has purchased a 29.21% stake in Air Berlin to become the largest single shareholder. It is telling that at...
German and French leaders went into the meeting last night with the UK Prime Minister knowing full well that their measures to destroy the City of London’s economic activity would lead to a veto and y...
Capital markets products were described as “holy grail” solution to the aviation funding gap by Kostya Zolotusky, managing director, capital markets, leasing at Boeing Capital, at a media briefing in ...
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