As part of its plan to adapt to the changing landscape of the aircraft leasing market, LCI, an aircraft leasing group, has agreed to sell a 35% stake in the business to Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Company (SMFL). The agreement was announced at the end of March by Libra Group, the parent company […]
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TrueNoord has successfully closed a new five-year Term Loan of US$275 million (£220 million). The facility will be used by the specialist regional aircraft lessor to expand its existing group of aircraft assets and to finance a well-diversified portfolio of 31 owned regional jet and turboprop aircraft currently on lease to 13 different airline customers
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The Milestone Aviation Group (Milestone), a global leader in helicopter leasing, has signed lease agreements with Offshore Helicopter Services UK (OHS) for five Sikorsky S-92 helicopters. The agreements include the extension of three Sikorsky S-92 helicopters and the placement of two additional S-92s which are scheduled to deliver in 2023. The oil and gas configured
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Worldwide air cargo demand has slipped further into decline after showing tentative signs of stabilising in the last two months, with the first full week of April showing the steepest week-on-week drop since the Lunar New Year factory closures in January, preliminary figures from WorldACD Market Data indicate. Following small week-on-week declines in weeks 12
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HALO AirFinance (HALO), a joint venture between GA Telesis (GAT) and Tokyo Century Corporation (TC), has closed a credit facility for Republic Airways, a US regional airline, to finance a portfolio of General Electric CF34-8E engines. This is the inaugural transaction executed under HALO’s first fund HALO One, which was launched last month in partnership
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have ratified the Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14), a move that will strengthen the global legal deterrent against unruly and disruptive passengers. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has welcomed the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ratification of the Montreal Protocol 2014 (MP14). “IATA welcomes the leadership shown by the UAE in
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Regional Express (Rex) has taken a 20% stake in Dovetail Electric Aviation, further cementing the strategic partnership between the two Australian companies. This equity participation agreement comes on the heels of the successful completion of initial ground tests involving Dovetail’s small-scale Electric Propulsion System (EPS), marking a major milestone in the company’s mission to convert
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AviTrader´s Keith Mwanalushi speaks to Lee Carey, Vice President, Asset Management at EirTrade Aviation about the first disassembly of the Boeing 787 and the market trends for used serviceable materials for newer aircraft. In February, Dublin-based EirTrade Aviation unveiled the first known disassembly of the Boeing 787 – two 10-year-old aircraft have been disassembled simultaneously
Manhattan, US District Judge Lewis Linman has awarded aircraft lessor BOC Aviation Limited (BOC Aviation) the sum of US$406.2 million in relation to three leases that Russia’s largest cargo carrier, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (AirBridgeCargo) and its parent company Volga-Dnepr Logistics BV has defaulted on following Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, according to REUTERS news agency. The
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Liebherr-Aerospace is developing an air supply system for the fuel cell dedicated to the propulsion of Airbus hydrogen-powered demonstrator aircraft. After the first study phase, the OEM has already designed and delivered a functional air supply system demonstrator with a power of 1 MW, which is presently installed in Airbus’ testing facilities. During the second
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