El Al Israel Airlines reported that the Company’s revenues in 2016 amounted to approx. US$2,038m, compared to approx. US$2,054m in the previous year. Profit before tax in 2016 was approx. US$93m, compared to a profit before tax of approx. US$145m in the previous year. The Company completed 2016 with a net profit of approx. US$81m
TrueNoord has closed the first tranche of a term financing facility with DVB bank and PK AirFinance of Luxembourg for four of the six Embraer E190 aircraft that it purchased from BOC Aviation in January with leases attached. These four aircraft are operated by AeroMexico and TUI (Jetairfly) Belgium. This new portfolio of six globally
AAR has reported third quarter Fiscal Year 2017 consolidated sales of US$446.7m and income from continuing operations of US$13.1 million. For the third quarter of the prior fiscal year, the Company reported sales of US$412.1m and income from continuing operations of US$9.9m. Sales in Aviation Services increased 9.6% in the quarter reflecting continued strong performance
PPG (PPG) has made a revised proposal on March 20, 2017 to acquire Akzo Nobel for €90.00 (cum dividend) per ordinary share, comprised of cash of €57.50 and 0.331 share of PPG common stock. This represents an increase of €7.00 per ordinary share from PPG’s initial offer. Including the assumption of net debt and minority
National airline Garuda Indonesia and its subsidiaries maintained positive performance throughout 2016 with a net profit of US$9.36m, or the equivalent of IDR 124.5bn (exchange rate IDR 13.300 per US$), while carrying a total of 35 million passengers on both Garuda Indonesia and Citilink Indonesia. Referring to the performance review of the Asia Pacific aviation
Lufthansa Technik, headquartered in Hamburg, continued its track record for international growth in 2016 and produced a good result with significantly more investment. The increase in revenue with non-group companies overcompensated the decline in internal orders. Sales revenue climbed by €45m from €5.099bn to €5.144bn. The company achieved earnings before interest and tax (adjusted EBIT)
Burnham Sterling & Co., a financial advisory firm specializing in transportation assets, has acted as lead arranger and sole book runner in a privately placed transaction for Avianca, Latin America’s second largest airline, for three aircraft, including two Airbus A320 family and one Boeing 787. The transaction utilized the Enhanced Aviation Investment Vehicle (EAIV) private
HEICO Corporation reported that its Board of Directors approved a 5-for-4 stock split on both its Class A Common Stock and Common Stock. This announcement marks HEICO’s 15th stock split or stock dividend since 1995. The stock split will be effected in the form of a 25% stock dividend on each class of the Company’s
Aircraft Recycling International Limited (ARI) has acquired a 100% equity interest in Universal Asset Management (UAM), one of the leading global aviation services providers based in Tennessee, USA. UAM has nearly three decades of commercial and technical experience managing customers’ aviation assets, disassembling aircraft and supplying after-market components to the commercial aviation industry. With its
Avcorp Industries has entered into an agreement to extend its existing credit facilities with its current lender to US$58m, up from CAD$21m. The credit facility extension supports the Company’s recent efforts to re-structure operations, win long-term production contracts and strengthen its relationships with key customers. The current credit facilities will be extended in increments through
