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By Stephen Costley
BAMBOO AIRWAYS agreed to lease two 787-9s from GECAS for delivery in December 2019.
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By Stephen Costley
URAL AIRLINES took delivery of new LEAP-powered A321-200neo (8955) on lease from GECAS (SPNWS; August 2).
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LOGANAIR leased converted ATR 72-500F (570; ex-Canary Fly) from Nordic Aviation Capital.
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By Stephen Costley
AIR ASTANA took delivery of its fifth (019) of five E190-E2s on lease from AerCap to gradually replace older E190s.
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By Stephen Costley
AEROMEXICO sold new GEnx-powered 787-9 (65092) to AerCap, and leased it back.
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By Stephen Costley
HI FLY MALTA acquired ex-Singapore Airlines A330-300 (1453) with Trent 700s.
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By Stephen Costley
AIR CANADA ROUGE took delivery of ex-Interjet A320-200 (3149) with CFM56s on lease from MERLIN AVIATION
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LEASING (Ireland) 9 Limited in deal arranged by AVIATION CAPITAL GROUP, which acts as servicer for the aircraft (SPNWS; November 1).
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LUFTHANSA has converted firm orders for 14 Boeing 777-9s into options.
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By Stephen Costley
LUFTHANSA CARGO plans to phase out all of its ten Boeing MD-11Fs by the end of 2020. It will order two more Boeing 777Fs and operate a fleet of nine
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By Stephen Costley
AUSTRIAN is phasing out all 18 de Havilland Canada Dash 8-400s by 2022 and will replace them with ten Airbus A320s.
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By Stephen Costley
AIRBUS delivered 77 aircraft (four A220s; three A320ceos; 56 A320neos; six A330s; eight A350s) in October vs 81 (two A220s; 19 A320ceos; 48 A320neos
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By Stephen Costley
AEROCENTURY reached forbearance agreement with MUFG Union Bank after falling out of compliance with its revolving credit facility due to lease payment
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By Stephen Costley
AIRCASTLE agrees to be acquired by a new entity controlled by Marubeni and Mizuho Leasing for $2.4b. Deal expected to close in 1H 2020.
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By Stephen Costley
U.S. OFFICE OF FOREIGN ASSETS CONTROL (OFAC) on Nov. 7 announced a $210,600 settlement with Apollo Aviation Group, now known as CARLYLE AVIATION
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By Stephen Costley
AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP earned $105m net profit in 3Q19, vs $72m in 3Q18. Result reflects strong demand trends, robust fleet and insulation from
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By Stephen Costley
EMIRATES AIRLINE had AED862m in fiscal 2019/2020 1H net income, nearly quadrupled vs AED226m in 1H FY2018/2019s. Overall Emirates Group net income
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By Stephen Costley
JAZEERA AIRWAYS had KWD16.1m 9M 2019 net profit, up 90.2% vs. KWD8.5m in 9M 2018 period. Revenue rose 30% to KWD82.8m, operating profit increased 90.5
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LUFTHANSA GROUP had €1.04b for 9M 2019 vs €1.8b for 9M2018. 3Q19 net profit was €1.15b vs €1.1b in 3Q18.
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By Stephen Costley
LUFTHANSA GROUP subsidiary SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES had adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of CHF490m for 9M2019 vs CHF549m in 9M2018.
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By Stephen Costley
CVC FUND VII completed acquisition of ONTIC, UK from BBA Aviation for just under $1.4b. Ontic has >165 licenses for >7,000 parts and operates out of
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TRIMAS AEROSPACE earned $19.7m on $43.1m sales in 3Q19 vs $7.7m on $40.9m in 3Q18.
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INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES GROUP (IAG) agreed to acquire AIR EUROPA, Spain for €1b; deal is expected to be completed in 2H20.
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By Stephen Costley
THOMAS COOK AIRLINES SCANDINAVIA has been acquired out of solvency by an investment group that includes Strawberry Group, Altor Funda and TDR Capital
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By Stephen Costley
RYANAIR posted €1.15b net income for six months ended September 30 (vs €1.15b a year ago) on 11% higher revenues.
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