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Avolon issues analysis of transition to Neo and MAX aircraft
Avolon’s second white paper on industry issues considers how the transition from A320ceo/737NG aircraft to A320Neo/737MAX aircraft will influence the single aisle aircraft market over the rest of the decade and beyond. The anticipated benefits offered by the new models are examined, as are the challenges involved in bringing them to market and the impact of new models on the value of current generation A320 and 737 variants.
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22 February 2013
2013 New Year Outlook:
The Dawn of a Golden Age in Aviation
With the holiday season over, it’s time to dust off the crystal ball and look ahead at what the coming year may have in store.
January 2013
Avolon CEO Dómhnal Slattery discusses a range of air finance issues with Dan Sherriff of AirFinance Journal including:
the economic life of aircraft; leasing company ownerships trends; the attractiveness of engine leasing; and, aircraft fleet development.
November 2012
AirFinance Annual 2012 – Industry Review and Outlook
By Dick Forsberg, Head of Strategy
November 2012
Despite better than expected financial performance from the airline industry in 2011, weakness in the world’s leading economies including several of the largest emerging markets, high fuel prices, the intractable Eurozone crisis and a largely dysfunctional international banking sector continue to exert pressure on the industry, which is expected to see profits cut in half in 2012 as the recovery stubbornly refuses to re-engage.
Aircraft Retirement Trends & Outlook
By Dick Forsberg, Head of Strategy
September 2012
This paper, which is the first in a series that will deal with a range of industry issues, considers how trends in aircraft retirement have changed over time and identifies key differences between the behaviour of specific aircraft types...
2012 New Year Outlook
By Dick Forsberg, Head of Strategy
January 2012
As the New Year gets under way, it’s time to reflect on the year just gone, give some thought to what the next 12 months may have in store and make a few New Year Resolutions...
Aircraft as investments
By Dick Forsberg, Head of Strategy
December 2011
Investing in aircraft assets is, on first principles, no different to making investments in any other asset class. In its simplest form, the mantra of “buy low, sell high” applies, although perhaps it should be modified to “buy well, sell better and manage assiduously in between”...
AirFinance Annual 2011 – Industry Review and Outlook
By Dick Forsberg, Head of Strategy
December 2011
2010 saw strong recovery in both passenger (+8%) and cargo markets (+21%), with passenger numbers continuing in the same vein through the first half of 2011, although cargo growth has slowed. Now capacity has started to rise again, in some markets already out-pacing demand and putting pressure on yields, which should be moving in the other direction to compensate for oil prices that are unwilling to stay below $115 (Brent crude).
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AirFinance Annual 2012
Industry Review and Outlook
Aircraft Retirement Trends & Outlook
Aircraft as Investments
December 2011
AirFinance Annual 2011
Industry Review and Outlook
December 2011