Avation's half-year revenues hit a record level
"Avation posted record lease rental revenue and assets for the period ended 31 December 2019. Most importantly the customer base continued to expand"
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Avation is a London Stock Exchange main market company quoted on the 06 October 2010. Avation has both its shares AVAP.L and warrants AVAW.L admitted to the LSE. Avation was incorporated 2006 in England and Wales. Avation PLC is a commercial passenger aircraft leasing company owning a fleet of aircraft which it leases to airlines across the world. Avation's future focus are new technology low CO2 emission aircraft. Our current customers include easyJet, Eva Air, Philippine Airlines, Alliance Air India, Vietjet Air, Fiji Airways, Mandarin Airlines, Cebu Pacific, airBaltic and Danish Air Transport. The company’s fleet includes Airbus A320 and A220 aircraft, Boeing 737 NG and 777-300ER aircraft and ATR 72 aircraft.
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"Avation posted record lease rental revenue and assets for the period ended 31 December 2019. Most importantly the customer base continued to expand"
Avation's executive chairman, Jeff Chatfield commented: "Engine leasing is a new business initiative which we are exploring"
The two aircraft have been subleased from Flybe and will remain with Loganair until just before the end of the leases
Avation is supporting the expansion of the Bangladesh airline's fleet
As with the first delivery to Braathens, this second delivery was financed with a "Green Loan" provided by Deutsche Bank
The aircraft has completed calendar airframe maintenance checks, been configured for operations by VietJet Air and has been put into Vietjet Air livery
The firm pointed out that the acquired engine is virtually new having only completed 54 hours and is a Pratt and Whitney Canada PW127M
The aircraft will be leased to the airline for eight years, after which it will be returned following a major airframe maintenance check
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The aircraft leasing firm says it is already in preliminary discussions with an interested party, although there is no certainty that an offer will be made
The plane is the first in a series of five new ATR 72 turboprop aircraft, which emits 40% less CO2 than a comparable regional jet
The plane will be the fifth that Avation has leased to Braathens, the first of which is due to be delivered this month
The company's business continues to perform satisfactorily
"We believe that Avation will be eligible for green finance initiatives given the efficient nature of half of our fleet and we are willing to explore these as we grow and finance future aircraft from within our order book"
The A321s have been repossessed and ferried from Manchester and Gatwick to an aircraft maintenance and repair organisation outside of the UK
The credit rating agency lifted the aircraft leasing company's issuer default rating to BB- with a “stable” outlook
The aircraft leasing company said it did not expect a material impact on its operations from the collapse of Thomas Cook
The four ATR 72-600 aircraft were signed on 10-year leases and would be delivered during the fourth quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020
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