All articles by Jamie Bullen – Page 6
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News
Turkish calls lessor meetings for 2017 deliveries
Turkish Airlines has held meetings with a number of lessors in recent days regarding its 2017 deliveries as other financing options prove difficult to arrange, FlightGlobal understands.
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Thai was 'fat athlete': carrier's president
Thai Airways president Charamporn Jotikasthira has likened the carrier's previous performance to that of a "fat athlete" competing against "Olympic-class" competitors among Middle Eastern and Southeast Asian airlines.
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Opinion
OPINION: Airbus exposed to financial headwinds by SFO probe
The UK Serious Fraud Office's formal investigation into Airbus, disclosed on 8 August and centred on "irregularities" in regard to third-party consultants, is potentially immaterial unless it snowballs into guilty verdicts and scandal.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Air Berlin results fail to dispel gloomy outlook
In a July research note, HSBC Bank lowered its target price for Air Berlin from €0.10 per share to €0.01. The price has over the past year fluctuated between a low of €0.53 and high of €1.53.
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Thai pays down $31 million for A350 pair
Thai Airways has paid roughly Bt1.07 billion ($31 million) in pre-delivery payments for its first two Airbus A350-900 jets, the carrier disclosed as it released its second-quarter results.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Why fuel hedging can be a fool's errand
European airlines have over the last decade been extremely active in the fuel-hedging market, seeking to lock in a US dollar cost item against revenues often in weaker currencies.
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Lufthansa's aircraft spend nears $1 billion in first half
Lufthansa Group has disclosed that over the course of 2016's first half it spent €885 million ($990 million) on 26 aircraft deliveries plus overhauls and pre-delivery payments.
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Analysis
ANALYSIS: Who will finance Turkish Airlines now?
Turkish Airlines' decision to replace its chief financial officer, remove a swathe of its senior financial team and terminate the contracts of more than 200 staff – whom it accuses of having links to the recent failed military coup – appear to have taken a heavy toll on its previously ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Insurers eye aircraft debt
Insurers are increasingly looking at providing senior debt for aircraft finance as part of their wider hunt for yield in the current low-interest-rate environment, financial sources indicate.
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Etihad agrees four 787 sale-and-leasebacks
Etihad Aviation Group and Goshawk have agreed sale-and-leasebacks for four Boeing 787-9s.
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FARNBOROUGH: Standard Chartered orders 10 737-800s
Standard Chartered Bank has placed an order for 10 Boeing 737-800s.
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Details of Emirates JOLCOs emerge
Details of three Emirates widebodies recently financed via Japanese operating leases with call options (JOLCOs) have been disclosed by sources.