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September
Aviation Capital Group’s (ACG) former vice president of business development, John Feren, takes over global marketing and portfolio management.
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See which aircraft topped the charts this year.
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August
AirTran Airways recruits new executive vice president in-house
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Consulting firm Morten Beyer & Agnew (mba) is to manage two Airbus A320-200 aircraft for unnamed customer.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has repaid its $3.9 billion in loans from American International Group (AIG).
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Goldman Sachs is to purchase the close to 4 million Aircastle shares worth about $33 million.
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Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has purchased two used Boeing 737-800s from Air Berlin.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has priced its secured and unsecured bonds totalling $4.4 billion.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) is looking to raise up to $4.4 billion with secured and unsecured transactions in order to pay back parent company, American International Group (AIG).
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The Airbus A330-300 is on operating lease to China Airlines.
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Operating lessor, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), will use secured debt to repay American International Group (AIG) loans that were borrowed from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
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The Canada-based lessor has taken delivery of two used BAe 146-200s from BAe Systems
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July
Germany’s second largest airline has signed codesharing agreements with American Airlines and Finnair.
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The senior unsecured notes due 2018 are to be used to repay debt for its term loan financing and new aircraft.
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The American carrier has exercised options for two Boeing aircraft worth $153 million at list prices.
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There are few other industries where after-sales activity is as well developed as in aviation.
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The memorandum of understanding (MOU) includes 40 Airbus A320s with options for 20 more aircraft.
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The American carrier will take options for 35 Next Generation 737-800 aircraft.
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Republic Airways has signed a letter of intent (LOI) for 24 Embraer 190 jets.
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US lessor Gecas places a total of 100 aircraft orders with Airbus and Boeing at Farnborough.
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Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has officially launched as a new global leasing company.
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DVB Bank financed one A330-200 for CIT Aerospace.
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June
Delta Air Lines is offering a $450 million ETC secured by Boeing aircraft.
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Aircraft leasing company, Aviation Capital Group (ACG), issues $190 million bond to finance five Boeing narrowbodies.
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Aircraft leasing company, Jackson Square Aviation, expands team with appointments effective this week.
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The US aircraft leasing company has obtained debt to finance part of its Airbus A330 order.
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After retiring earlier this year, former SH&E CEO joins Apollo Aviation.
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GE Japan Corporation to partly finance 16 aircraft for the Canadian airline.
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Goldman Sachs and Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA CIB) were joint lead arrangers.
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Private equity has discovered aircraft leasing, with more than $3 billion-worth of investments set to close in 2010, reports Alasdair Whyte.
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Merger forms major new corporate and financial legal practice.
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Alex Aupoix, vice president of asset finance at Crédit Industriel et Commercial, discusses about lending in the downtimes.
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US aviation services provider receives two McDonnell Douglas MD-81s from Republic Holdings.
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Florida's GA Telesis, the commercial aerospace support company, has hired a new vice president of leasing.
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CIT Aerospace is to lease two Airbus A330s to Air Transat in Canada.
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Natixis Transport Finance and KfW were lead arrangers and Helaba was senior lender.
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May
The Boeing 737-600 was part of Scotland’s bankrupt FlyGlobespan.
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The US investment bank forecasts a $2.7 billion rise in operating profits for 2011 and raises US Airways’ equity rating.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) has mandated BNP Paribas for the approximately $200 million export credit financing for six Airbus aircraft.
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Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) is to convert an MD-80SF (specialist freighter), which was purchased from GA Telesis.
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Geoff Hearn considers whether new-build freighter aircraft are a good investment compared to converting passenger aircraft.
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Seabury’s former president to lead International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC).
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The Continental and United airlines merger is good for airlines and secondary aircraft investors and could force aircraft values to drop.
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Frank Pray, Awas's chief executive officer, considers what customers really want from airframe and engine manufacturers for next generation aircraft.
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Find out who will sit on the board of Steven Udvar-Hazy's new aircraft leasing company, Air Lease Corporation.
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International Lease Finance Corporation’s former CEO, Steven Udvar-Hazy, launches private common stock offering for his latest venture Air Lease Corporation (ALC).
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Former CEO of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), Steven Udvar-Hazy, establishes a new operating lease company. Find out who will be running Air Lease Corporations.
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Florida’s GA Telesis hires new vice president of aircraft sales for Aircraft Systems Group (ASG).
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GMT Global Republic Aviation has expanded its team due to improved market condition, the company says.
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New board is to advise on business strategies and expansion.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) is to lease aircraft to Nesma Airlines and Nordwind Airlines.
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American air freight carrier, FedEx Express, increases orders for Boeing 777 freighters.
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With about 250 delegates, the New York Airfinance conference held at the Grand Hyatt in April was the place to be for airfinanciers. Sophie Segal reports what speakers and delegates discussed.
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Turkish Airline SunExpress will use US Export-Import Bank-backed financing to buy several Boeing 737 aircraft worth about $220 million.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) is to lease Canadian carrier Air Transat an Airbus A330.
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Erste Bank has closed financings for a total of four Boeing aircraft for Aergo Capital and GA Telesis.
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AirlineForecasts, investment research firm, says mergers provide a market-driven restructuring solution that allows network airlines to compete with the emerging low-cost carrier business model.
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US lessor Aircastle loses its chief investment officer.
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US law firm Foley & Lardner has hired a former DLP partner.
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US air cargo carrier, Atlas Air, has arranged a revolving credit facility for nine new Boeing 747 freighters.
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April
Canada’s Jazz Air airline has signed a firm order for 15 Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners.
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New structures bloom in financial desert: Airfinance Journal announces the 2009 Deal of the year awards.
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The awards for 2009 Deals of the Year awards for the regions of Europe, North America and Latin America are announced.
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Airfinance Journal announces Overall, Innovative and Editor's deal of the year winners.
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Insurance brokerage firm says insurance fees for the aerospace industry have continued to decline in 2010; however, fees may rise slightly later in the year.
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The largest carrier in the world, Delta Air Lines, speaks to delegates at the New York Airfinance conference about the airline’s financial strategy.
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Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank (CA-CIB), Goldman Sachs and J P Morgan were joint book runners and structuring agents for the secured fixed rate notes.
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Irish lessor AWAS has delivered a second Boeing 737-400 to Xtra Airways in the US.
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Seabury banking and consulting firm offers answers to problems in the aviation sector worldwide.
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The Carlyle Group and RPK Capital management join forces to purchase up to $1 billion.
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Securities and investment banking firm expands aviation financing team.
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US lessor appoints new managing director.
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Icelandic volcano, Eyjafjallajokull, has caused several days of disruption for airlines in Europe. The financial loss is serious for European carriers but less damaging to US carriers.
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New vice president of sales and marketing at Gecas division.
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Australia’s Macquarie Bank will acquire an operating lease portfolio from AIG’s International Lease Finance Corp (ILFC) worth close to $2 billion.
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March
SkyWorks Leasing has arranged the sale of three Boeing freighters to Aerolease.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), the aircraft leasing company owned by American International Group (AIG), taps the capital markets for an additional $500 million.
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Former CFO, Alan Lund, takes over as acting head of International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) as Plueger leaves.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), owned by American International Group (AIG), is hoping to amend its unsecured bank facility to allow the company to raise more secured debt.
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CIT Aerospace is not for sale and remains a core business for parent CIT.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), owned by American International Group (AIG), prices first senior unsecured notes since 2008.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) launches first unsecured bond in 18 months.
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Aircraft lessor, Aviation Capital Group, will raise unsecured debt with a private placement, arranged by Citi and BNP Paribas.
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Gecas, the aircraft leasing subsidiary of GE, announces spread on Ex-Im bond launched earlier this week.
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The International Air Transport Association (Iata) re-adjusted its 2010 losses forecast to $2.8 billion—half of what it estimated in 2009.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), owned by American International Group, plans to renegotiate terms of $2.5 billion credit facility.
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United Airlines has ordered 25 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft worth $6.01 billion at list prices.
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GE's aircraft leasing company, Gecas, launches an Ex-Im bond to refinance five Boeing aircraft.
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Low cost carrier, Allegiant Air, will expand its operations by purchasing six Boeing 757-200s.
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Aircraft leasing company, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), owned by American International Group (AIG), will offer two secured term loans, totalling $1.3 billion.
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United Airlines finalises an order for 25 Boeing 787 Dreamliners.
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Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) converts a Boeing 737-400SF for a Turkish airline.
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Southern Air gets two Boeing 777Fs to be ACMI-leased.
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International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), owned by American International Group (AIG), will consider aircraft sales to raise money.
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This is the first purchase for First Greenwich Kahala in almost two years.
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February
ILFC selects two banks to jointly arrange its first capital markets deal in 18 months.
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Operating lease company, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), is in the market to raise $750 million to repay maturing debt.
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A former Babcock & Brown Aircraft Management vice-president is appointed Vx Capital’s new senior vice president of marketing.
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The reopening of the capital markets in the second half of 2009 was unexpected. With $4.4 billion worth of EETC issuance in the last six months of last year, what should we expect for the year to come?
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Approximately $18 billion of debt is affected.
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Just 10 days after resigning from AIG, Steven Udvar-Hazy has already closed deals for his new aircraft leasing company. He is in discussions with investors and planning to order new aircraft. Hazy reveals his plans in an exclusive interview with Sophie Segal, editor, Airfinance Journal.
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Aeronautical Engineers, Inc (AEI) will convert older aircraft to freighters.
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Boeing shifted senior staff in its finance and shared services sectors.
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Bombardier offers to buy up to $550 million of its debt securities in cash to refinance its long-term debt with longer maturity financing.
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CEO Steven Udvar-Hazy will retire from International Lease Finance Corporation – the company he founded and built, says American International Group (AIG).
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Walter Skowronski leaves Boeing Capital after 10 years with the company.
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January
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.
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United Airlines prices senior secured notes in line with expectations.
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The US airline will use routes to secure a $500 million bond issuance.