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With eyes wide open to 800 aircraft: DAE
Firoz Tarapore-led DAE thinks narrowbodies are great, but the real money is made trading riskier assets.
Analysis: Is the ATR pendulum shifting to lessors?
Abelo and Avation flex muscles in ATR market with 39 firm orders, 10 options and 29 purchase rights between them
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CALC inks first overseas RMB lease
31 May 2024 Airlines Northeast AsiaClaims this is ‘inevitable trend’.
Exclusive: Air Astana adds Chinese lessor in new lease deal
31 May 2024 Airlines Northeast AsiaMeanwhile, High Ridge Aviation buys lease-attached Neos.
Thai Airways to get state injection
31 May 2024 Airlines Southeast AsiaNew cash follows better results.
Deloitte promotes head of aviation finance and leasing
31 May 2024 Risk EuropePartner David McCaffrey to head up aviation finance division
Virgin pushes for SAF scale-up
31 May 2024 Airlines EuropeTouts results of one-off SAF London-New York flight
Fiji Airways eyes more A350s
31 May 2024 Airlines OceaniaLooks to retire A330s ‘in the coming years’, according to report
Safran a 'hold' on uncertain production outlook
31 May 2024 Aircraft North AmericaOEM to face LEAP deliveries towards the low-end of its 10-15% growth guide, says Jefferies
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Back in buying mode: Avation CEO
Avation is bidding on narrowbody aircraft again, its chief executive Jeff Chatfield tells AFJ in Hong Kong.
Very solid growth but interest cost soaring
The days of cheap China money may be over, but CALC's CFO tells AFJ in an exclusive interview that it is going full steam ahead, expanding into new markets, and hoping to secure an investment-grade rating.
Values and LR trends: A350-900 benefiting from recovery
Geoff Hearn reviews the A350-900 market
Inequality among airlines
What do Airfinance Journal's Airline Financial Ratings say about the industry post-Covid? The distribution curve is a long way from “normal” and is becoming less so. We see that the current number of CCC “rated” airlines still well exceeds pre-Covid levels and the number of CC “rated airlines remain 50% higher than pre-Covid