Air India finalises its 787 bridge loan
Air India is expected to finalise a $500m bridge loan for the first batch of four new 787 aircraft today. The loan will be repaid using a sale-leaseback structure with an unidentified party. The carr...
Air India is expected to finalise a $500m bridge loan for the first batch of four new 787 aircraft today. The loan will be repaid using a sale-leaseback structure with an unidentified party. The carr...
As mentioned a few hours ago across the web by Airline Economics: Aviation Capital Group has priced an Ex-Im bond transaction at 61bp over mid life swaps which was 6.16 years. The final rate was 1.693...
Ryanair priced a $194.3 million Ex-Im Bank prefunded guaranteed bond last week. The transaction was over 3x oversubscribed. The bond priced at a spread of mid-swaps + 65 bps (12.11 year final / 6.44...
Six months after launch, the PIMCO Total Return ETF (BOND) has returned nearly 8.4% - an impressive return for a fund focusing on bonds. The ETF had $100 million in assets at its launch and now has $2...
The Chinese Export Import Bank has agreed to lend N106bn to the Federal Government of Nigeria to finance the construction of six commercial and five cargo airport terminals over the next 24 months. Th...
GKN has been given the go-ahead to acquire Volvo Aero, the aero-engine division of Volvo AB. The deal was announced in July pending regulatory approval. “The European Commission's investigation showe...
Pratip Chaudhuri, chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI) has stated that a quick solution to Kingfisher Airline’s debt problem was unlikely. SBI currently has a Rs 1,500 crore exposure in the Rs 8,...
Chinese carriers have all increased fuel surcharges on their domestic routes. Routes below 800 km incur a 70 yuan surcharge, up from 50 yuan. Longer routes exceeding 800 km increased from 100 yuan to ...
China Eastern Airlines Corp plans to boost capacity by 10% in the second half of 2012 as it grows its fleet and introduces more international services. The Shanghai-based airline expanded passenger ca...
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has formally launched its In-Flight Connectivity as part of a US$50 million programme to bring Internet and mobile data services to customers, even when flying at 35,000ft. Fo...
Bankruptcy judge Sean H Lane has thrown out the Allied Pilots Association’s contract for American Airlines pilots, dismissing its claim that because American is operating well financially than when it...
Net profit at Aeroflot fell by 98% during the first half of this year to just $7.1 million, compared to $376.8 million posted during the same period a year ago. The consolidation of the four airlines ...
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