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Aircastle co-founder retires

Stan Chmielewski will take consulting role

Aircastle acquires 30 aircraft in the secondary market

‘It’s a good time to be a lessor with extensive secondary market experience,’ says lessor boss.

Air Asia hopes to escape PN17 status with divestment

The group remains in lease arrears.

Aircastle promotes Nightingale

To oversee secondary market trading.

ANAHD posts highest annual operating income

Rakes in $1.33bn.

FTAI Aviation agrees 30+ LATAM SLBs

Sale and leaseback deal linked to engine aftermarket deal.

Avation clears ATR72 off-lease backlog

Avation can now adjust its activities to continue to repurchase bonds opportunistically, says executive chairman, Jeff Chatfield

Norwegian reports positive EBITDAR margin

Aircraft financing related debt amounted to NOK 13.46 billion at the end of the first quarter

Indigo goes long-haul with A350 order

Indian LCC embarks on further opening the world with widebody fleet

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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