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Caixabank diversifies with loan portfolio growth
As the largest bank in Spain, Caixabank continues to expand its aviation loan portfolio, its director aviation finance, Bernat Antolin, tells Airfinance Journal in an exclusive interview
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.
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Eirtrade Aviation acquires ex-Air Corsica A320
03 Jun 2024 Lessors EuropeLast year the Dublin-headquartered aviation asset management and trading company acquired two Boeing 787-8s for part-out
Mexicana places E2 order
03 Jun 2024 Airlines Latin AmericaMexico's state-owned carrier restarted operations on last December
Southern Cross Aircraft offers CFM56 engines
03 Jun 2024 Aircraft North AmericaUS aircraft trader has acquired a matching set of CFM56-7B27/B3 engines
Stephenson Harwood hires Theochari
03 Jun 2024 Law EuropeShipping and aviation finance expert joins law firm in London
IATA revises airline profit forecast
03 Jun 2024 Airlines EuropeOrganisation expects net profits in Asia to significantly improve in 2024
Higher interest produces debt opportunities – Muzinich
03 Jun 2024 Capital North AmericaBanks who used to be major players in the senior lending space are exiting the market.
Fly Arystan CEO joins Salam Air
03 Jun 2024 Airlines Middle EastHamilton-Manns has been in the industry for 28 years.
Tokyo Century secures A350-900 financing
03 Jun 2024 Airlines Northeast AsiaAs flag carrier leases in latest two widebodies.
Ryanair to be opportunistic on fleet funding
03 Jun 2024 Airlines EuropeLooks to leverage cash balance
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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