All Ops & safety articles – Page 1062
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Money talks
Although the events of 11 September sent a tremor through the aircraft financing market, the bankruptcies that followed had a worse effect. Banks got their fingers badly burned and are likely to be wary in future.
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Rules to lease by
A new international convention has laid down new legal standards for aircraft financing agreements. The aim is to end the uncertainty that has faced lessors and lenders in different jurisdictions around the world
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Lasting impressions
Tightened security checks have propelled biometric technology into the limelight
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Competition time
Until now, regulators around the world have tended to rule on what the airline industry may not do by way of competition and consolidation. Now it is time for a positive vision of what is allowable in the brave new world post-11 September.
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The game changes
Aircraft lessors face tough times with aircraft values plummeting. And as leasing companies prepare to weather the storm, there are questions over when and how the sector will eventually re-emerge
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Step change
As the airline industry struggles to recover from the traffic collapse which followed 11 September, could it be on course for a fundamental change in the relationship between supply and demand?