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SAS completes Pre-Delivery Payment Financing for five Airbus aircraft with DVB

Bank of China taps Goldman for $3 billion BOC Aviation IPO: sources

Bank of China has hired Goldman Sachs and BOC International as joint sponsors for the planned Hong Kong listing of its aviation arm, expected to raise about $3 billion, people with knowledge of the matter said.     Bank of China aims to launch the initial public offering...

Boeing to shower shareholders with cash

US aerospace giant Boeing has announced a $14 billion share buyback and 20 percent increase in its regular quarterly dividend starting 2016 to $1.09 per share. Boeing said the new buyback plan will replace the $12 billion plan that was previously in place of which $5.25 billion remained. "...

Aviation stocks rally 8-14% post steep cut in jet fuel prices

Investors continued to take exposure to aviation stocks on Friday following sharp cut in jet fuel prices. SpiceJet, Jet Airways and InterGlobe Aviation touched fresh 52-week highs, rising 8-14 percent intraday (in addition to 4-7 percent rally in previous session). Oil marketing companies slashed aviation turbine fuel (ATF) prices by 10 percent, hence current prices are lowest since J...

Major portfolio investor in talks on purchasing share in Russian Helicopters — minister

A major portfolio investor is holding talks on purchasing a share in Russian Helicopters, Russian Minister of Industry Denis Manturov told TASS on Tuesday in an interview. "As far as my position is concerned, I never was a supporter of an endless expansion of government-owned assets. The government may offer support in consolidation of assets at a certain stage, so that to approach the fin...

Raiffaisenbank: Russia’s UTair finishes debt restructuring

Russian airline UTair has fully restructured its 160 billion ruble debt, a representative for the restructuring consultant Raiffaisenbank told PRIME Tuesday. “Yes, we confirm that the deal is over,” the representative said. In November, the airline signed a deal with a syndicate of 11 banks to restructure a 43 billion ruble debt.

2015 saw aviation sector flying high with low crude prices

From waiting in the wings to finally taking wing, 2015 was a year that changed the skies of the Indian aviation sector. To begin with, the sector, which lacked a clear policy framework, received a shot in the arm when the Civil Aviation Ministry unveiled its much-awaited draft civil aviation policy on the 30th of October. The policy touched upon 16 critical areas to make travel affordable for t...

Aviation Capital Group Announces Expansion of 4-Year Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

Aviation Capital Group (“ACG”) announced  that it has increased its senior unsecured revolving credit facility with DBS Bank Ltd. as administrative agent by $60 million to $220 million and extended the maturity to December 28, 2019. Together with its other senior unsecured revolving credit facility, ACG has $1.165 billion of revolving commitments from 21 banks...

EMP Finances First Emirates A380 Operating Lease Using Traditional And Islamic Capital

Munich-based aviation finance arranger EMP structured assets GmbH (EMP), working in conjunction with senior and junior lenders in Germany and Dubai has arranged the purchase of an A380-800 operating lease to Emirates from Stellwagen Finance Company Limited, the holding company for Aviation Finance Company Limited (AFC). AFC initially arranged 100% of the financing for Stellwage...

CALC delivers two more Airbus A320s to China Eastern Airlines

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited, the largest independent aircraft operating lessor in China, today announced that it has completed the delivery of the third and the fourth of six A320 aircraft to China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited (“China Eastern Airlines” or “CEA”). These two aircraft were delivered on 23 and 24 December, at the facilities of Airbus i...

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Releases Its First Sector Outlook on Airlines

Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases its first sector outlook on airlines. The overview of the airline sector is KBRA’s view on key themes for the airline industry in 2016. While much of the focus is on the U.S. aviation market as the largest in the world, this comment provides a general view of non-U.S. airlines as well. KBRA rates a number of airlines (to date, on an unpublishe...

CALC delivers second aircraft financed by Korean banks to Air Macau

China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Limited (“CALC” or the “Group”, stock code: 01848.HK), the largest independent operating aircraft lessor in China, completed its second delivery to Air Macau Company Limited (“Air Macau”) on 21 December at the facilities of Airbus in Hamburg, Germany. The aircraft is financed by The Korea Development Bank,KDB Asia Limit...

American Securities Announces Sale of Robertson Fuel Systems to HEICO for $255 Million

American Securities LLC, a leading U.S. private equity firm, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell Robertson Fuel Systems, LLC ("Robertson" or the "Company") to HEICO Corporation (NYSE: HEI.A and HEI) ("HEICO") for $255 million.  HEICO is engaged primarily in the design, production, servicing, and distribution of certain nic...

Zodiac Aerospace, revenue grows by 8.8% in Q1, 2015

In the first quarter of its fiscal year 2015/2016, Zodiac Aerospace generated revenue of €1,237.9m, up 8.8%. This increase is primarily due to a positive foreign exchange impact, contributing 11.1 percentage points to the quarter's growth rate. Changes in consolidation scope contributed a positive 0.3 percentage points. At like-for-like consolidation scope and exchange rates, revenue w...

Congress Passes Key Funding Bill That Aids Aviation

Aviation trade groups are applauding Congress for passing a $2 trillion package of tax policy changes and funding for 2016 that will aid the aviation industry. The legislation includes key funding for general-aviation manufacturers in safety, certification and alternative fuels for piston-engine aircraft and other measures. The bill also makes an R&D tax credit permanent, and it extends...

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WingsLeasing signs dry lease agreement with University of Nebraska-Kearney flight school

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Emirates breaks ground on US$ 5.1 billion ultra-modern engineering facility at Dubai South

Emirates has broken ground on its new US$ 5.1 billion engineering complex at Dubai South slated to become the world’s most modern and advanced MRO facility, cementing Emirates' and Duba...

AURA AERO scales up: Series B completed, first firm orders, and two industrial sites to be built in France and the U.S.

AURA AERO is entering a new phase. Thanks to a new €50 million funding round, grants secured in France and Europe, and financial support from the State of Florida for its U.S. plant, AURA AERO ha...

AerCap orders 100 additional Airbus A320neo family aircraft

AerCap has signed a firm order with  Airbus for 23 A320neo and 77 A321neo aircraft. This transaction underscores AirCap’s strategy of investing in the world's most in-demand, fuel-effic...

Aviation Capital Group orders 50 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft

Boeing and Aviation Capital Group LLC announced the airplane lessor has placed a new order for 50 737 MAX jets, including 25 737-8 and 25 737-10 airplanes. The acquisition of 50 additional jets i...

TrueNoord places firm order for 20 Embraer E195-E2 aircraft and secures purchase rights for up to 30 additional jets

TrueNoord has signed a firm order agreement with Embraer to acquire twenty factory-new E195-E2 aircraft. The agreement also includes purchase rights for up to twenty additional new E195-E2 aircra...