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Analysis: How can Indigo finance its widebody order?
Credit story keeps improving, The Airline Analyst shows
Very solid growth but interest cost soaring
The days of cheap China money may be over, but CALC's CFO tells AFJ in an exclusive interview that it is going full steam ahead, expanding into new markets, and hoping to secure an investment-grade rating.
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Why Aercap remains focused on BBB+ upgrade
09 May 2024 Lessors EuropeLessor not particularly targeting higher rating
Air Baltic refinances at 14.5%
09 May 2024 Airlines EuropeCEO Martin Gauss told Airfinance Journal in February that Air Baltic needed to address its upcoming debt maturity before embarking on an IPO
Airbus-Boeing duopoly safe until ‘well beyond 2030’: ALC
09 May 2024 Lessors North AmericaNew narrowbody faces significant regulatory hurdles, engine technology pushed to the limits
Israir secures A320 leases
09 May 2024 Airlines Middle EastReverses previous narrowbody lease cancellations
WLFC posts $30m pre-tax profit
09 May 2024 Lessors North AmericaRecord result driven by maintenance reserve revenue growth
Gol seeks Carlyle lease renegotiations
09 May 2024 Airlines Latin AmericaFor 22 Boeing narrowbodies including four 737 Max 8s
Aercap CFO explains first dividend rationale
08 May 2024 Lessors EuropeWanted to pay a dividend that was meaningful to investors but would not crowd out other capital deployment opportunities
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Values and LR trends: A350-900 benefiting from recovery
Geoff Hearn reviews the A350-900 market
Inequality among airlines
What do Airfinance Journal's Airline Financial Ratings say about the industry post-Covid? The distribution curve is a long way from “normal” and is becoming less so. We see that the current number of CCC “rated” airlines still well exceeds pre-Covid levels and the number of CC “rated airlines remain 50% higher than pre-Covid
Airfinance Journal Rising Stars: part 1
In part 1, Airfinance Journal recognises three of the six most promising legal associates for 2023
Phenomenal growth rates of Chinese economy and traffic ar...
Avitas SVP aviation consulting Adam Pilarski gives three fundamental reasons why the phenomenal growth rates of the Chinese economy and traffic are definitely over