Editorial Comment

The second Etihad airline investment to go bust within the last six months is finally announced. Etihad sank a fortune into Air Berlin, far more cash than it ever spent trying to sort out Alitalia and...

Some weeks ago Avianca ended its services to Venezuela (July 27) ahead of a previously planned date of August 16 following a series of incidents including, according to media reports, staff held up at...

Over the past week the sale of Air India has been both called off and then put back on the table, but while that story took most of the headlines in the background, one the main Indian airport operato...

Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has entered into a second joint venture with Napier Park Global Capital (Napier Park) to invest in commercial aircraft and leasing them to airlines worldwide. Blackbird Cap...

Today, IndiGo announced a major, but long expected, move away from its sale-leaseback (SLB) model as chief financial officer, Rohit Philip, stated that IndiGo will shift to a model of outright purchas...

Arguably all airlines should, by now, be targeting millennial’s as the next generation of flyers, but Air France has launched its marketing campaign for new budget carrier Joon as specifically targeti...

Etihad Airways has sold its 33.3% stake in Darwin Airline, the European regional airline. The news was reported by Reuters who received confirmation from Darwin Airline that Etihad and other investors...

Aircraft lessors are tapping into the capital markets this quarter, with AerCap, NAC and one out with new issuances (see European Lessor News) and another large lessor poised to announce a $500 millio...

Today, Emirates and flydubai have confirmed they are to join forces under an extensive partnership. Both airlines will continue to be managed independently, but will leverage each other’s network to s...

Global airline share prices increased, and outperformed the global equity index, for the third month in a row in June, according to the International Air Transport Association’s latest Airlines Financ...

Sichuan Development Holding (SDH), the largest state-owned enterprise in Sichuan Province, China and Standard Chartered recently established an aviation leasing venture - SDH Wings International Leasi...

As TATA puts its bid in to take on Air India one wonders if TAT (which effectively ran the national airline before the days of Air India) could survive the punishing schedule of change that needs to t...