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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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Aerdragon buys four A321neos on SLB
04 Jun 2024 Airlines Northeast AsiaTransaction with low-cost carrier.
Details of new Carlyle ABS emerge
04 Jun 2024 Capital North AmericaThe initial pool includes 10 narrowbodies, an A330neo and an A350.
Cathay Pacific aircraft trader joins Bank of China
04 Jun 2024 Airlines Northeast AsiaRelocates to London from Hong Kong SAR.
Lessors stand firm on Flair lease dues
04 Jun 2024 Airlines North AmericaArgue lease terminations were lawful
McMenamy to serve as interim Spirit CFO
04 Jun 2024 Airlines North AmericaScott Haralson to leave the company in June
Jetblue raises Q2 guidance despite GTF headwinds
04 Jun 2024 Airlines North AmericaExpects an average of 11 aircraft grounded this year
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
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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