Aviation alt lender volofin anticipates tapping the aircraft loan ABS again in 2025 while aircraft and engine lessor WNG is in the process of evaluating second-round bids for a portfolio of mid-life aircraft and engines. more

25/11/2024

Lessors received 16 aircraft from their order books with Airbus and Boeing in October. more

21/11/2024

Leasing and asset manager Airborne Capital has entered into a “transformative partnership” with Daiwa Securities Group, a major Japanese investment bank and securities firm. more

21/11/2024

Alternative aircraft lender volofin Capital Management Ltd (volofin) prices debut $507.2 million aircraft loan ABS: vFin 2024-1. more

20/11/2024

Pre-2009 aircraft and Embraer regional jets were among the most traded types during Q3, as new tech delivery delays continue. more

19/11/2024

Spirit Airlines announced it has entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings, after months of speculation that the struggling airline would pursue a restructuring. more

18/11/2024

The impact of Boeing’s recently resolved workers’ strike seems to have materially impacted the manufacturer’s delivery numbers in October, with just nine 737 MAX deliveries during the month. more

15/11/2024

Narrowbody engine prices largely stabilised for most types in Q3, but lease rates for several narrowbody engine types have appeared to have fallen slightly since the start of the year, according to Ishka’s latest engine buyers survey. more

14/11/2024

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) expects sustained high market appetite for sale-leasebacks from airlines with large order books as they take delivery of new aircraft, management told the ALC’s Q3 earnings call on 7th November. more

13/11/2024

In this month’s ACP Extra, Ishka turns its attention to the Australian and New Zealand aviation markets more

12/11/2024

Mid-life aircraft values stabilised in Q3 despite continued delays of new aircraft deliveries, with rising operational costs and increased lease premiums forcing airlines to revaluate their current capacity. more

11/11/2024

Japanese aviation equity investors show signs that they might be slowly warming to doing deals with Indian airlines. more

07/11/2024

Aviation alt lenders tell Ishka that average spreads have continued to compress over the last three quarters of 2024. more

06/11/2024

AerCap CEO Aengus Kelly dismissed the idea that lease rates are becoming too high for airlines during the lessor’s recent Q3 earnings call. more

05/11/2024

October was a muted month for lessor capital markets activity, with just $560 million raised in unsecured debt across three issuances. more

04/11/2024

Ishka reviews the latest crop of aircraft portfolios hitting the market. more

01/11/2024

The latest Ishka loan datasheet examines recent loans for commercial aircraft lessors and airlines, and the dynamics impacting aircraft lenders. more

31/10/2024

Ishka sits down with Mounir Kuzbari, Novus’ Co-CEO and SAF One co-founder, to shed light on their innovative strategy. more

30/10/2024

The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka has dropped slightly to 316 in October – down from 333 in September. more

29/10/2024

This is the 2nd edition of Ishka’s Engine Buyers List, where Ishka summarises a list of some of the most active commercial engine buyers in the secondary market. Since the last update on 28th August, Ishka recorded two engine trades among tracked firms and added two new buyers to the list: Arena Aviation Capital and Total Engine Asset Management (TEAM). more

28/10/2024

Trading update: GA Telesis has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire 23 used Airbus A320ceo and A321ceo aircraft from Spirit Airlines while Ishka examines Aircastle's latest portfolio to come to market. more

25/10/2024

Striking Boeing workers have voted to reject the company’s latest offer. more

24/10/2024

Conversations around lease rate sustainability from last week's Ishka Aviation Investival: North America. more

23/10/2024

Two key panel session takeaways from Ishka Aviation Investival: North America, which took place in New York on Tuesday 15th October 2024. more

22/10/2024

Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more

21/10/2024

The government of Hong Kong in its annual Policy Address on 16th October announced plans to promote the development of new energy by setting a target for SAF consumption. more

18/10/2024

Ishka's asset managers datasheet provides a summary of recent news, activity, and metrics of aircraft asset managers in Q3 2024. more

17/10/2024

Aviation alt lender Apollo PK AirFinance CEO, Gary Rothschild and President Eelco van de Stadt, talks to Ishka about the process of getting the ratings agencies familiar with the aircraft loan ABS vs lease product, why aircraft e-notes will likely need to evolve, and what the plans are for Perseus Aviation, Apollo’s leasing arm. more

16/10/2024

Ishka Insights subscribers can now request a digital copy of the first CIRO Report examining Air France-KLM. more

15/10/2024

Rumours of Spirit Airlines pursuing a Chapter 11 restructuring have been swirling. more

14/10/2024

Brazil's president has signed into law the country's new biofuels law, requiring airlines to reduce emissions on domestic flights by at least 1% in 2027 (and rising to 10% by 2037) using SAF. more

11/10/2024

Hedge funds and specialist funds that targeted distressed C notes and subordinated notes in aircraft ABS are mounting campaigns to push securitisation boards to sell aircraft assets, Ishka understands. more

10/10/2024

Lessors surveyed by Ishka expect new sale/leaseback purchase prices to settle within a relatively constrained band for new campaigns. more

09/10/2024

This is the 15th edition of Ishka’s aircraft buyers list, where Ishka summarises a list of potential and active buyers of leased aircraft on the secondary market. Since the last update on 10th September 2024, Ishka recorded six new aircraft trades and added Doric as a buyer. more

08/10/2024

Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more

07/10/2024

Aircraft storage levels appear to have fallen to their lowest since the pandemic, despite continued high levels of A320neo storage. more

04/10/2024

The latest Ishka loan sheet data sheet examines recent loans for commercial aircraft lessors and airlines, and the dynamics impacting aircraft lenders. more

03/10/2024

Lessors tracked by Ishka raised $4.2 billion in unsecured capital markets debt in September. more

02/10/2024

GA Telesis’s CEO, Abdol Moabery, warned that hundreds of aircraft could be heading to the part-out market by 2028 and 2030 as aircraft OEMs are forecasted to significantly increase their delivery output. more

01/10/2024

IATA has recorded eight consecutive months of double-digit growth across the cargo market, stabilising lease rates for widebody freighters amid consistent demand for metal. more

30/09/2024

Following Ishka’s annual report highlighting the airlines that began operations in 2023, Ishka cast an eye as to the current state of these airlines... more

27/09/2024

There may be more aircraft ABS this year say sources, but rates need to drop for C and E notes to work. more

26/09/2024

Ishka's Transaction Update is a report series looking at essential trends, recent deal flow, and key announcements within aviation and aircraft leasing... more

25/09/2024

The number of aircraft being actively remarketed on sites tracked by Ishka stays around the 330 mark for the fourth month in a row. more

24/09/2024

Ishka provides updates on the recent merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines and the latest offer from Boeing to striking workers.  more

24/09/2024

Current-tech aircraft values have "peaked and plateaued" argue asset managers, something which has been confirmed by Ishka appraisal team, as airlines react to slower revenues. more

20/09/2024

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing has pulled out of the ISTATA EMEA conference, a trade gathering for aircraft investors and financiers, after the OEM announced it was banning non-essential travel last week in the wake of ongoing strikes to help preserve cash. more

20/09/2024

Lessor CDB Aviation has announced two large orders for narrowbody aircraft with Airbus and Boeing in a move set to more than triple its total confirmed order book with the two OEMs. more

19/09/2024

The US Federal Reserve announced yesterday it is lowering the target range for the federal funds rate by half a percentage point to 4.75% to 5%- its first cut in interest rates in four years. more

19/09/2024