All articles by Jamie Bullen – Page 4
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Dr Peters considering A380 teardown: sources
Dr Peters Group is looking at all options for its returning Airbus A380s, including parting-out, FlightGlobal understands.
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Vx Capital closes $107 million fund for converted freighters
Vx Capital has raised $107 million for its private equity vehicle Vx Freighter Investment Fund (VXF).
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Ethiopian issues RFP for PDP financing of 16 jets
Ethiopian Airlines is seeking pre-delivery payment (PDP) financing for 12 Boeing 737 Max 8s and four Airbus A350s, FlightGlobal understands.
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Stellwagen agrees to buy aircraft advisory firm
Stellwagen Group has agreed to acquire ECN Capital's commercial advisory and asset management business, the buyer's parent Acasta has disclosed.
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Lufthansa closes six Airbus JOLCOs
Lufthansa has closed Japanese Operating Lease with Call Option (JOLCO) for five Airbus A320neos and one A350, an airline source confirms.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Alitalia's woes a potential ABS downside?
Turmoil at Italian flag carrier Alitalia is not a headache confined to its shareholders. A number of lessors and capital-markets investors also find themselves exposed to the airline's uncertain future.
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Airbus positive over A380 second-hand market
Airbus remains positive that a viable second-hand market for the Airbus A380 will be created, Cathal Kyle, head of customer finance Europe and Asia told delegates at the Doric Aviation Investors’ Day in Frankfurt on 25 April.
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Battle to buy AWAS pits DAE against Macquarie-Ping An: sources
Dubai Aerospace Enterprise and Macquarie AirFinance-Ping An Leasing are the shortlisted final bidders for lessor AWAS, FlightGlobal understands.
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Details of Air Canada JOLCO financing emerge
Details of Air Canada’s first two JOLCO financings have been disclosed by advisory firm SkyWorks.
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Air France mandates 787 JOLCO deal
Air France has mandated French bank Natixis for a Japanese operating lease with call option (JOLCO) financing for a Boeing 787 set to be delivered later this year, a source with knowledge of proceedings has indicated.
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OpinionOPINION: Does Asia Aviation Capital make sense for Korean money?
Korea Transport Asset Management (KOTAM) is in pole position to acquire AirAsia's leasing arm Asia Aviation Capital for roughly $900 million, Reuters has reported.
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INTERVIEW: Asset repo man Ken Cage
Will a tumultuous 2016 that brought forth a Trump presidency and Brexit, among other potential black-swan events, lead to a global, systemic downside event in the near future? That is a question to which any investor, banker, airline or risk analyst wants the answer.
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Pegasus slips to annual loss in 2016
Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus has disclosed a pre-tax loss of TL144 million ($39 million) for 2016, after a profit of TL182 million in 2015.
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OpinionOPINION: What an interest-rate hike means for aircraft finance
Rising interest rates will probably not become a critical issue for the traditional aircraft finance industry – but for newer sources of capital, it may be a reason to walk away.
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SNAPSHOT: Used jet market, 8-22 February
Remarketing older aircraft can be a lengthy process. In September 2016, Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines mandated AMS Aircraft Services and EastMerchant to jointly remarket five Boeing 747s. Part-out firms and African airlines are showing interest in the jets – but talks are still at the early stages, FlightGlobal understands.
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Bids in for China Airlines 747s
Bids have been submitted for five Boeing 747-400s that China Airlines is looking to remarket, FlightGlobal understands.
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Elix's debut ABS prices
The first all-turboprop asset-backed securitisation (ABS) has priced, FlightGlobal understands.
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DVB finances Vietnam Airlines' debut A350 sale-and-leaseback
German transportation lender DVB Bank has disclosed that it is the sole arranger and lender for the sale-and-leaseback financing of Vietnam Airlines' first Airbus A350-900, which was delivered in October 2016.
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Sale-and-leaseback market 'hot': Ryanair finance chief
The sale-and-leaseback market looks "hot at the moment" for the right credit, Ryanair finance chief Neil Sorahan told FlightGlobal at a media briefing in London today.