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Analysis: Learning to live with the new ASU
Capital CISThe new ASU has made ECA debt more expensive, and some carriers are already changing their funding habits.
Analysis: How MRO shops are coping with leased fleets
Lessors CISThe market is already tough for commercial aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul providers, but the rise of leased aircraft in airline fleets is not making their life any easier. Geoff Hearn reports.
Survey confirms aviation credits to diversify funding
Capital CISNorton Rose’s transport survey reveals the aviation sector is looking to fund itself through a wider variety of financing structures including private equity.
Garuda upsizes commercial loan
Airlines South AsiaBank Central Asia and Emirates NBD join Indonesian carrier’s unsecured facility.
Analysis: Lessor appetite for widebodies increases
Lessors CISWidebodies are expected to account for about 30% of the global leasing portfolio in the next five to 10 years. Lessors are shifting away from their historic focus on narrowbodies, Yana Palagacheva investigates.
AA prices $664 million EETC
Capital Latin AmericaAmerican Airlines matches 10-year pricing record on its latest deal – the first EETC to be launched by an airline while in bankruptcy.
US Airways’ merger shows why size should not matter
Airlines Latin AmericaAdam Pilarski, senior vice-president at Avitas, in his monthly column, provides some initial thoughts on the recent merger between US airlines.
CEO Interview: Cargolux battles weak cargo market
Airlines Latin AmericaRichard Forson, interim chief executive officer, Cargolux, tells Jamie Bullen about how the carrier is coping with a weak cargo market, share sales and raising financing for new freighters.