Entering 2025, the outlook for aviation is as bright as it has been since before 2020. Global passenger demand has returned to pre-Covid highs. Interest rates are falling in the United States and Europe. And aircraft trading...more
1/9/2025
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Airlines ,
Asset Management ,
Asset-Backed Securities ,
Aviation Industry ,
Capital Markets ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Debt Securities ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
GATS ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Interest Rates ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Libor ,
Mergers ,
Renewable Fuel Standard ,
Russia ,
Securitization ,
Supply Chain ,
Ukraine
Ireland is the global hub for aircraft leasing and financing, with over 60%1 of the world’s leased aircraft being managed from there, and Dublin being home to more than 30 aircraft leasing companies2. This is thanks in no...more
Global air travel traffic (measured in revenue per kilometers (RPKs)) begins 2024 in line with pre-COVID highs. Certain markets, such as US domestic and intra-European have already surpassed pre-COVID levels and despite some...more
As 2023 draws to a close we are taking a moment to recap on some of the headline events that have occurred in the aviation industry during the last 12 months:...
1. A New Aviation CLO Issuance-
Alternative Aviation lender...more
12/27/2023
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Airlines ,
Aviation Industry ,
Capital Markets ,
Collateralized Loan Obligations ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Financing ,
OEM ,
Renewable Fuel ,
Russia ,
Ukraine ,
Unsecured Debt
U.S. companies that found their assets caught up in Russia at the start of the Russia/Ukraine conflict may find relief on paper from U.S. courts. But it remains to be seen whether they can recover in practice....more
One of the reasons for a reduction in the number of aircraft asset-backed securitizations (ABS) coming to market in 2022 and 2023, is the time lag between the rapid increase in interest rates by central banks and the...more
Through Council Regulation (EU) 2022/328 of February 25, 2022, the European Union introduced new sanctions relating to, among other things, Russian aggression in Ukraine...more
In October 2022, the aircraft finance world descended on New York for a series of conferences hosted by Airfinance Journal, Ishka, and Airline Economics, respectively, along with meetings of the Aviation Working Group (“AWG”)...more
Demand for Narrowbody Aircraft Exceeds the Available Supply-
Outside of Asia, summer travel has seen a large recovery and this has coincided with a large uptick in demand for narrowbody aircraft by both airlines and...more
9/15/2022
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Aircraft ,
Aircraft Financing ,
Aircraft Sales ,
Capital Markets ,
Climate Action Plan ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Federal Reserve ,
Gas Prices ,
Interest Rates ,
OEM ,
Price Inflation ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
With the last U.S. dollar (“USD”) LIBOR tenors being discontinued on June 30, 2023, the time has come for borrowers and lenders (and lessees and lessors) to think about replacing LIBOR in their existing facilities....more
The hundreds of aircraft stranded in Russia, the write-offs booked by many lessors and the anticipated litigation over whether such loss constitutes an insurable event under the contingent all-risk or contingent war risks...more
It’s hard to overstate the amount of turbulence experienced by the aviation finance market over the last three years.
After a banner 2019, when asset-backed securitizations —a key source of capital for many aircraft...more
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Airline Economics and AirFinance Journal conferences returned to Dublin this month. The conferences were well-attended and there was optimism in the air among the many key...more
Since February 24, 2022, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to unimaginable human suffering, a growing refugee crisis and a rising death toll. The invasion sparked a global response as governments moved to sanction the...more
3/30/2022
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Aviation Industry ,
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) ,
Economic Sanctions ,
EU ,
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) ,
Exports ,
Financial Markets ,
Insurance Industry ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Russia ,
Ukraine