25 January 2010
Steven Udvar-Hazy will leave operating lessor, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), after a bid to purchase a portfolio of aircraft from parent, American International Group (AIG), was rejected. More »
14 January 2010
Domhnal Slattery, founder of RBS Aviation Capital, hires management team for new Oak Hill backed aircraft leasing company, Avolon. The resignations could slow the sale of Royal Bank of Scotland's aircraft leasing subsidiary. More »
15 December 2009
Private equity firm, Oaktree Capital, will invest $500 million with new leasing company, Sky Holding. In their first interview since getting finance, the team reveal their strategy. More »
25 November 2009
Japan Airlines closes guaranteed loan and arranges emergency facility with Development Bank of Japan. More »
24 November 2009
The Spanish airline owes aircraft leasing companies lease rentals. Sophie Segal investigates. More »
16 November 2009
Gecas aircraft are backing the first ever aircraft Sukuk and the first Islamic bond by a US issuer. More »
13 November 2009
Two European flag carriers announce their intentions to merge. More »
09 November 2009
AerCap closes a landmark deal with Chinese Development Bank. This is the first loan for an international aircraft lessor from the Chinese bank. More »
05 November 2009
Continental finances 11 new Boeing aircraft and refinance another eight with $650 million bond. More »
26 October 2009
Export credit agencies have been breaking records with support for Airbus and Boeing in one of the toughest years on record, writes Sophie Segal. More »
By buying Genesis, AerCap does not just get more aircraft and new customers making it the world’s largest independent aircraft lessor. It also gets cash to finance its own aircraft deliveries and growth. Alasdair Whyte looks at why the two listed aircraft leasing companies will fit together so well. More »
23 October 2009
Banks may be being too cautious with PDP financing, writes Alasdair Whyte. More »
16 October 2009
An Australian judge will decide whether a majority or unanimous vote is need to transfer aircraft from Allco Aviation to another servicer. The judgement could finally decide the sale of Allco Aviation on year after its parent entered bankruptcy. More »
28 September 2009
The commercial aviation fund will lease aircraft and engines to airlines and is looking to acquire $1 billion in assets over the next two years. More »
04 February 2010
Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac), maker of China’s first narrow-body aircraft, seeks 100 C919 orders by year-end.
08 February 2010
Amentum Capital delivers one Airbus A330-200 to Nigeria’s Arik Air.
05 February 2010
CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy will retire from International Lease Finance Corporation – the company he founded and built, says American International Group (AIG).
29 January 2010
Operating leasing company, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, has priced its first Ex-Im bond for one Boeing aircraft.
Hong Kong places an order with Airbus for six new Airbus A330s, which it will purchase from German bank, HSH Nordbank.
Steven Udvar-Hazy will leave operating lessor, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), after a bid to purchase a portfolio of aircraft from parent, American International Group (AIG), was rejected.
Air Comet fights to keep aircraft
The Spanish airline owes aircraft leasing companies lease rentals. Sophie Segal investigates. [more]
Thanksgiving thoughts for the aviation community
It has been a rough year for aviation but Adam Pilarski, senior vice-president, Avitas, reminds us there are reasons to be thankful for. [more]
Airfinance Annual 2009/2010
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