All articles by Jamie Bullen – Page 5
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News
Air France to finance 787 via JOLCO: source
Air France is close to mandating 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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AVi8 targets $1.3 billion portfolio
Recently launched lessor AVi8 Air Capital has identified a $1.3 billion portfolio, its executive chairman Ray Sisson told FlightGlobal on the sidelines of the Global Airfinance conference in Dublin.
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Lufthansa issues JOLCO equity RFP
Lufthansa has issued a request for proposals to JOLCO equity providers for a proposed refinancing of one Airbus A350 and five A320neos via Japanese operating leases with call options, FlightGlobal understands.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: How aviation stayed well-funded amid 2016's uncertainty
As 2016 drew to a close, it looked as though the aviation cycle had crested – a theory reinforced by a slowdown in global traffic growth just as an oversupply of aircraft seems likely, and by compressed lease rates and aircraft values, driven in part by an abundance of liquidity.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why liquidity's abundance should concern lessors
There are fears that higher interest rates may drive new investors, such as pension funds, away from aviation. However, even in a worst-case scenario of insurers and pension funds losing all interest in aviation, there is unlikely to be a funding gap, since aviation finance attracts an array of willing ...
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Air France takes delivery of first 787
Air France has taken delivery of its first Boeing Dreamliner, a 787-9 on long-term lease from AerCap.
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Wizz Air agrees eight A320 family sale-and-leaseback
Hungarian budget carrier Wizz Air has agreed the sale-and leaseback of eight Airbus A320 family units with Chinese lessor Bank of Communications and Financial Leasing, the airline says.
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Air France issues Dreamliner RFP
Air France has sent a request for proposals to bankers for one Boeing 787-9 the carrier is set to take delivery of next year, sources say.
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GECAS unit Labrador bring $709 million ABS to market
GECAS vehicle Labrador Aviation Finance’s planned $709 million asset backed security (ABS) note have received a preliminary A rating for the series A tranche and BBB for the series B portion form rating agency Kroll.
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New lessor AVi8 firming up equity
The recently launched lessor AVi8 Air Capital is currently in the process of raising equity, the company’s executive chairman Ray Sisson tells FlightGlobal.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airlines – borrow now!
One thing that Donald Trump's ascension will definitely mean is change.
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DVB advising Avation on turboprop sales
Avation has disclosed its appointment of German transportation bank DVB as financial adviser for the potential sale of the lessor's current portfolio of ATR turboprops.
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End to ECA freeze would be in 'mutual interest': Airbus
Lifting the current suspension of export credit agency-guaranteed financing for Airbus jets would be in the "mutual interest" of both the manufacturer and the government agencies, Airbus Group finance chief Harald Wilhelm argued during the manufacturer's third-quarter results call today.
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News
Opportunistic lenders eye Turkish
Various aviation finance houses are looking at extending debt to Turkish Airlines for 2017 deliveries so long as they can secure higher pricing on the proposed loans, a banking source tells FlightGlobal.
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Opinion
OPINION: Fear makes the market in aviation finance
When UK member of parliament Jo Cox was killed in her constituency on 16 June, the market reaction was immediate. The British pound and the euro rallied after weeks of poor trading amid Brexit uncertainty, while the previously attractive safe haven investments such as gold and government bonds were sold ...
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Royal Air Maroc assessing 787 bids
Royal Air Maroc is reviewing financing offers for one Boeing 787 set for delivery in March next year, a source familiar with matter tells FlightGlobal.
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News
Turkey's leasing expectations mismatched: Novus
Turkey's airlines are widely predicted to fund new deliveries through leasing deals after the failed military coup in the country earlier this year made banks wary of lending to them – but a lessor has warned that carriers will have to revise their expectations as to the deal terms they ...
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Emirates foresees being A380's 'market maker'
Emirates will be the "market maker" for the Airbus A380, the Gulf carrier's senior vice-president of corporate treasury Nirmal Govindadas argued today.
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News
Capital markets will finance CSeries: Bombardier
Bombardier's CSeries aircraft will ultimately be an asset that the capital markets can finance, the manufacturer's vice-president of commercial operations Ross Mitchell argued today.
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Opinion
OPINION: Why CIT makes sense for Avolon
In aviation finance circles, Avolon is widely considered the front-runner to buy lessor CIT Aerospace. Sources expect a deal to close within two weeks.