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AAI to tap bank market
With no clearance from the Indian government to raise around USD1.2 billion by issuing tax-exempt bonds, Airports Authority of India (AAI) will look to ...
06-Nov-2009

GVK acquires Bangalore stake
India's GVK Airport Developers - a wholly owned subsidiary of GVK Power & Infrastructure - has acquired a 12 per cent stake in Bangalore ...
05-Nov-2009

Iberia hires JP Morgan Chase
Spanish airline Iberia is said to have hired JP Morgan Chase to help it close a planned merger with British Airways (BA). The hire ...
05-Nov-2009

Thai Air may seek partner
Thai Airways International may seek a joint venture partner for its THB5 billion (USD149.6 million) project to convert older B-747-400 passenger aircraft into freighters. ...
04-Nov-2009

Lebanon's MEA may launch IPO
Lebanon is expected to launch a public sale of 25 per cent of national carrier Middle East Airlines (MEA) on the Beirut bourse at ...
04-Nov-2009

Atlas completes its share offer
Air cargo specialist Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW), parent company of Atlas Air and Titan Aviation Leasing Ltd and majority shareholder of Polar Air ...
04-Nov-2009

Incheon on the block
South Korea is expected to mandate lead managers in November regarding the sale of a 49 per cent stake in state-owned Incheon International Airport ...
04-Nov-2009

Infratil sells Lubeck Airport
New Zealand-based infrastructure fund Infratil Ltd on 30 October exercised its put option in respect of its 90 per cent shareholding in Lübeck Airport, ...
04-Nov-2009

Lufthansa calls off sale of bmi
Lufthansa has withdrawn bmi from sale after bidders declined to offer a price that the German carrier deemed acceptable, opting instead to attempt to ...
04-Nov-2009

Air NZ orders narrowbodies
Airbus announced on 3 November that Air New Zealand has ordered 14 A320 aircraft to replace its existing domestic fleet of 15 Boeing B-737-300s. ...
03-Nov-2009

Finnair mandates Calyon in ECA deal
Calyon has been mandated by Finnair as arranger for a USD230 million export credit agency (ECA)-supported deal to finance three A330-300 aircraft. As previously ...
30-Oct-2009

Citi wins DAE Capital mandate
Following a flurry of US Eximbank deals with a capital markets option, DAE Capital has mandated Citi for a similar deal of undisclosed size. ...
30-Oct-2009

ACG mandates joint ECA deal
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has jointly mandated Calyon and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) to underwrite the export credit agency (ECA) financing of three ...
30-Oct-2009

Air Mauritius deal closes
Air Mauritius closed on 28 October the financing of an export credit agency (ECA) loan combined with a commercial tranche for one A330-200 aircraft. ...
30-Oct-2009

Will air freight fly again?
No transport sector has been immune from the global economic downturn, but perhaps no industry has taken it on the chin with greater ferocity ...
29-Oct-2009

American hires Rothschild
American Airlines is said to have hired investment bank Rothschild and its Japanese associate Global Advisory Japan to advise it on a move to ...
29-Oct-2009

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29-Oct-2009

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29-Oct-2009

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29-Oct-2009

GIP wins Gatwick contest
British airports operator BAA last week confirmed the sale of Gatwick Airport, the UK's second largest hub, to US infrastructure investment fund Global Infrastructure ...
29-Oct-2009

Breathing life back into JAL
Reports indicate that the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation (ETIC) of Japan will be put in charge of breathing life back into ailing Japanese ...
29-Oct-2009

Paraguay drafts concession plan
Paraguay's public works and communications ministry (MOPC) has drafted a USD660 million infrastructure concessions plan. The plan includes airport concessions that will require an ...
28-Oct-2009

Peru shortlists for airports
Peru's private investment promotion agency ProInversión has shortlisted a total of eight firms and consortia for a concession of the country's second regional airport ...
28-Oct-2009

MAHB to spread wings
Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) expects to finalise talks on the potential management of two airports in the Middle East and Africa by the ...
28-Oct-2009

CAL must pay
Taiwanese flag carrier China Airlines (CAL) said it was ordered to pay TWD1.1 billion (USD34.3 million) to Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration in a dispute ...
28-Oct-2009

Auckland returns to market
Auckland International Airport has announced an offer of up to NZD125 million (USD92 million) of bonds to the public. The offer opens on 29 ...
28-Oct-2009

Manufacturers eye engine upgrades
In the face of demand from operators, Airbus and Boeing are considering engine upgrades for narrowbody aircraft. Engine upgrades would cut fuel consumption and ...
28-Oct-2009

Thai Air to rework debt
Thai Airways International (THAI) will consider raising capital and reworking its debt in 2010 after recording record losses last year due to the closure ...
28-Oct-2009

Paramount eyes Star Aviation
India's all-business class carrier Paramount Airways is said to be eyeing the possible acquisition of Star Aviation, an airline startup unit of Dubai-based conglomerate ...
28-Oct-2009

Gol completes share offer
Brazilian low-cost carrier Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes has concluded a global offering of 62.2 million shares at BRL16.50 per share, raising BRL1.03 billion (USD573 ...
28-Oct-2009

Vueling stake on the block
Brokerage Fidentiis Equities plans to put a 14.3 per cent stake in Spanish low-cost airline Vueling Airlines up for sale to qualified and institutional ...
28-Oct-2009

Citi prices Gol Exim bond
Brazilian low-cost airline carrier Gol has priced a USD60 million 12-year US Eximbank bond. The deal priced at 50bp over mid-swaps. Bankers expect spreads ...
28-Oct-2009

ACG prices Exim bond
Issuer San Clemente Leasing, sponsored by aircraft lessor Aviation Capital Group (ACG), priced a USD115 million secured fixed rate note issue on 28 October. ...
28-Oct-2009

Air India sounding banks
Air India is in talks with relationship banks, including Barclays Capital, Deutsche Bank, ICICI, Standard Chartered Bank and State Bank of India. The carrier ...
28-Oct-2009

Emirates mandates second Exim bond
BNP Paribas has been mandated by Dubai-based Emirates to arrange a USD289 million US Export-Import Bank (Exim) supported facility for two B-777-300ER aircraft, to ...
28-Oct-2009



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