Aircraft Economics


Faltering Iran deal poses a direct threat to A330s


Despite increasing run rates a glut of narrowbody aircraft unlikely to materialise


The case for a Boeing 757MAX


New technology narrowbodies near entry into service


Boeing's new chief; Q400 milestone; CAS in 75 aircraft Airbus deal


Quantum and Palma to finance IAFC's Saudia deal


GECAS launches Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter conversion program


Carriers lead the way in Paris ordering, boosted by Wizzair's last minute Airbus MOU


Major OEMs upgrade long term forecasts, with main difference centering on VLA prospects


First $1 billion+ aircraft ABS since 2008


Q1 lessor results buoyed by falling financing costs


The link between airline and lessor profits


Boeing delivers 184 aircraft in Q1


Aviation Investment Indicators: share prices end first quarter strongly


Avolon reaffirms 25 year aircraft retirement age despite low fuel price environment


Boeing order shows Asian air travel potential


Airbus run rates; Boeing's 747 order; Embraer results


AerGen to initially use a mix of equity and bank debt to grow 100 aircraft portfolio


Boeing and Airbus break delivery records in 2014; Airbus launches extended range A321neo


Nervous equity markets in the Aviation Complex, as sector corrects


Aircraft and engine demand indicators in Q3 2014


The context for recent Airbus cancellations and prospects for the A330 NEO


Aircastle provides valuable insights to its business model as a 'value investor'


'Existing aircraft values will hold up despite wave of new entries'


Bombardier C Series should now be on leasing radars


Apollo Aviation's new $595 million aviation fund


Insights from Dublin aircraft finance conferences


Starlite Aviation Group is launch customer for new Eurocopter helicopter


OEM orders stay firm towards year end


Research paper argues that standard aircraft retirement age of 25 will remain the norm


Diverse airline business models helping to support demand for older aircraft


Airbus Global Market Forecast: fuel and emissions to drive replacement demand


MAX momentum builds further


OEMs power ahead on increased delivery momentum


Boeing nuances its looking glass


The impact Basel III will have on aircraft funding


Aircraft operating lifespan arguably shortened as second hand market values decrease


Asset impairment takes centre stage as residual values come under pressure


Key 2012 issues for aircraft lessors


The numerous challenges facing airlines following its inclusion in the EU's cap-and-trade scheme from 2012


Aviation Finance Analysis: Airbus' GMF and the growth potential of commercial aviation

 

C Series duckling may yet become A200 swan


Amedeo hopes to 'Uberize' air transport with new business model for A380


Sustained low oil price and speculative orders could create future problems, helicopter lessor claims


Goshawk, with a fleet of 60 already, spreads its wings in hunt to become a premier leasing company


FLY's fleet transitioning


FLY speeds up fleet renewal strategy with sale of 33 aircraft


Seizing aircraft under a High Court writ


Breaking into the top tier of commercial aircraft


Lower oil prices increasingly influencing fleet decisions


AerCap and United


Setting the bar ahead of the leasing results season


Waypoint; Strong growth in lease agreements in Q1; FLY cuts 0.75 p.c.off loan


The A380 conundrum


OEM orders keep momentum in Q1 2015 at annual rate of 9%, a key metric for aircraft as an asset class


Emirates' ECA-backed Sukuk; CALC's results


The Boeing 757 replacement debate


Freight figures exceed expectations, but overcapacity still an issue


Moody's upgrades Aircastle and two AerCap ABS transactions


AWAS portfolio sale; AerCap's China Southern deal; Lessor notes issuances; GECAS buys turboprops


Geopolitics clouds the aircraft market


Ten years of E-Jets - the manufacturer on why its sales are approaching the 2,000 mark


Wide body twin jet programmes advance


Remarkable year for Boeing and Airbus in 2013 - OEMs more cautious on growth in 2014


Boeing on the economic lives of airplanes


LTVs recovered from post crisis lows but still off peak


Widebody market ready for the taking


Aircraft leasing 2013 - managing residuals, the boom towns of the East and high cost mezzanine finance


Latin America provides emerging market drive to aircraft demand


Singapore Airlines orders $7.5 billion worth of Airbus jets


Avolon refutes arguments that economic life of aircraft assets is shortening


New NEO and MAX analysis shows spread of customers, gap in size of order books


Wide body order cancellations


Aviation Capital Group confirms $450 million LEAP-1A engine order for A320neos


United Boeing 737 order shows US replacement potential, MAX flexibility


'The airline industry as we know it will continue to need current production A320s and NGs long into the future'


'Sell or hold?': the question at individual asset level that's facing engine lessors, says Jon Sharp of ELF


Engines are holding their value longer - Dickerson


The 2012 aviation financing environment - an operating lessor's perspective


Will the MAX and NEO be game-changers? The first lessor to order both the Max and the NEO gives the views of Aviation Capital Group


GIC's $300 million investment likely to see bulk of Avolon's planned 150 strong fleet deployed in Asia-Pacific within 3 years - Slattery