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Interview: Regionals ‘key’ to China’s aviation future
Guoliang Wang, marketing director of Industrial Bank Financial Leasing’s aviation department, has been working in China’s leasing sector since 2001. He tells Elsie Guan why regional aircraft will be critical to the country’s airline industry.
Professionalism comes first for Tigerair Taiwan’s Shih
Fuel Northeast AsiaErin Shih has gone from a full-service flag carrier to a regional low-cost airline. One year after making that switch, Tigerair Taiwan’s first female chief financial officer tells Elsie Guan about the lessons that experience has given her.
Interview: Ex-CIT staff set up new platform Free
Lessors North AmericaDamon D’Agostino talks to AFJ about focus on older and end-of-life assets.
Analysis: Terminating the zombies – regulatory oversight shift for Chinese lessors
Lessors ChinaTwo powerful Chinese regulators have merged, taking over supervision of all financial leasing companies in the country. But lessors, as well as their lawyers and consultants, are unsure about what the new regulatory regime means for their businesses. Michael Allen reports.
Analysis: Lessors talk to Nok Air about lease payments
Lessors Southeast AsiaNok Air's lessors have met the airline to discuss delays in lease rental payments, according to two people from two different lessors who attended the meetings.
Interview: ORIX Aviation steps up for Avolon
Lessors Northeast AsiaThe Dublin-based lessor’s move to take a 30% stake in Avolon, a company with a fleet three times its size, surprised many in the leasing industry. Jack Dutton speaks to the lessors’ senior management about the deal.
Interview: Bangkok Airways four years after the IPO
Lessors Southeast AsiaBangkok Airways’ VP finance, Anawat Leelawatwatana, tells Michael Allen how the airline has developed since it went public nearly four years ago and how it managed to emerge relatively unscathed from the country’s red-flagging by the ICAO.
Analysis: Wind of change
Lessors Latin AmericaLeasing executives speak to Jack Dutton about the growth of low-cost carriers (LCCs) outside Brazil and Mexico, local currency volatilities and why airlines in the region are financially stronger than before.