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With eyes wide open to 800 aircraft: DAE
Firoz Tarapore-led DAE thinks narrowbodies are great, but the real money is made trading riskier assets.
Analysis: Is the ATR pendulum shifting to lessors?
Abelo and Avation flex muscles in ATR market with 39 firm orders, 10 options and 29 purchase rights between them
Latest News
Raja steps down as CCO at American
30 May 2024 Airlines North AmericaStephen Johnson leads the search for replacement
LATAM cost overhaul merits BB- rating
30 May 2024 Airlines Latin AmericaFitch says new cost structure key to sustaining profit improvements
Air Asia swings back into the red
30 May 2024 Airlines Southeast AsiaHigh foreign exchange losses and no progress on fixing lease arrears.
Australia’s Aerlink grows passenger and freighter fleet
30 May 2024 Airlines OceaniaInducts aircraft from Acia Aero and Japanese lessor.
China Airlines concludes large freighter sale
30 May 2024 Airlines Northeast AsiaProjects $4.27m loss on sale.
Currency headwinds push SAS deeper into red
30 May 2024 Airlines EuropePre-tax loss more than doubles in April quarter
Pricing softness hampers American margins
30 May 2024 Airlines North America‘The domestic supply and demand imbalance has led to a weaker domestic pricing environment than we had forecast’
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Back in buying mode: Avation CEO
Avation is bidding on narrowbody aircraft again, its chief executive Jeff Chatfield tells AFJ in Hong Kong.
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.
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