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Analysis: More MRO mergers on the cards
Geoff Hearn finds that pressure on pricing and competition from manufacturers are key factors in the trend to consolidation in the maintenance repair and overhaul sector.
Analysis: lessors back new carriers
LessorsMore than half of the airline start-ups in the past two years have operated leased aircraft. Jack Dutton investigates how lessors assess new airlines.
Analysis: Non-US EETCs enter the market
Capital North AmericaTurkish Airlines and Air Canada’s enhanced equipment trust certificates both priced in March. Joe Kavanagh reports on how investors have reacted to the first two non-US airline securitizations of 2015.
Analysis: NAC upsizes revolving warehouse facility
Lessors EuropeNordic Aviation Capital’s nine-year warehouse facility comes after a spate of innovative and large warehouse loans for leasing companies. Jack Dutton examines how banks are coming up with increasingly creative structures for lessors.
Analysis: CIT Aerospace embraces the Neo
Lessors North AmericaCIT Aerospace, the world’s sixth-largest lessor, has ambitions to boost its widebody fleet with a large speculative order for the A330neo. Jack Dutton speaks to Tony Diaz, president of CIT Aerospace, about his company’s fleet plans and future acquisitions.
Analysis: Quantifying the Cape Town effect
Capital AfricaThe UK is set to ratify the Cape Town Convention. Dickon Harris reviews British Airways’ last EETC to assess what pricing impact the convention really has for aircraft financings.
Analysis: Ryanair takes on the capital markets
Airlines CISEarlier today Ryanair achieved a new record with its latest €850 million unsecured Eurobond. Neil Sorahan, the low-cost carrier’s chief financial officer, tells Jack Dutton about the benefits of the airline’s credit rating and its financings ambitions for the 380 aircraft it has on order.
Analysis: Considerations and challenges before investing into aircraft engines
Risk CISLionel Maisonneuve,TES’s manager,strategic knowledge, explains how different engine designs impact on engine values and expected returns for investors exploring green-time leasing and engine tear downs.