Buying or leasing? That’s the question

by | Dec 17, 2018 | AerCap, Air Asia, Air Lease Corp, Airbus, Airlines, ALAFCO, American Airlines, Avolon, BOC, Boeing, Bombardier, CDB Leasing, China Aircraft Leasing Group Holdings Ltd, China Development Bank Leasing, COMAC, DAE, Delta Air Lines, Embraer, Frontier, GECAS, ILFC, KLM, Lessors, Mitsubishi, Norwegian Air, Volaris, Wizz Air | 0 comments

Leasing of aircraft has taken a jump. Yet airlines prefer to buy them outright too. Richard Schuurman looks at the trends. Over the half a century of airliner leasing it has been a booming business. “In 1970 a half of one percent of the world’s fleet was leased. In...

Qatar Airways buys another airline stake

by | Nov 6, 2017 | Aeromexico, Air France KLM, American Airlines, British Airways, China Southern, Delta Air Lines, Etihad, IAG, Latam, Oneworld, Qantas, Qatar, Virgin Atlantic | 0 comments

Today it emerged that Qatar Airways has bought another stake in an airline.  This time it spent $662m on a near 10% stake in Cathay Pacific.  The move by the airline follows a pattern as the table illustrates. We can expect a move in India soon, too. The green boxes...