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Hawaiian Airlines borrows at 35 bps lower

CFO says Hawaiian "continues to receive competitive offers"

Lessor places three A220s

Leasing company has a 61.9% overall rating, according to The Lessor Analyst

Hawaiian Airlines exploring A330 lease decisions

Airfinance Journal's Deal Tracker shows the financings of the A330 fleet

Interest rates dent CALC profits

Average rate climbs from 4.2% to 6.12% year on year.

Kenya Airways accepts freighter lease

Lessor acquired the units last year.

Avolon starts new Condor mandate

Deal for Airbus Neos.

Serve Air grows freighter operations

Deal involves AEI and CALC.

Turkish Airlines expands lease deal with CDB Aviation

CDB Aviation will now have seventeen aircraft on lease to the carrier

Max issues push Boeing deeper into negative margins

Deliveries fell 36% to 83 units during the quarter

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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

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

Jolco transactions set for bright 2024 – SMFL

‘Generally, market prefers Airbus aircraft’

Secured facility will fund 2024 growth: SES 

Airfinance Journal talks to Shannon Engine Support about its inaugural secured RCF and investments in the first half. Last November the lessor closed the largest engine portfolio financing with eight banks. Chief commercial officer Tadhg Dillon points to acceleration and growth of the business over the past three years as the driver behind the engine portfolio facility