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ISSUE SEVENTYONE
DECEMBER 2022 - JANUARY 2023
THE LEADING GLOBAL PUBLICATION FOR OPERATORS OF AND INVESTORS IN AIRCRAFT AND ENGINES
Bridging two worlds
SMBC Aviation Capital expands
its share of the leasing sector
with the acquisition of Goshawk.
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EDITOR’S LETTER
A NEW ENVIRONMENT
United CEO Scott Kirby hit the nail on the head on an earnings call when he said
that the airline industry would never get back to the pre-pandemic “normal”.
Rather than a gloomy prediction, Kirby was recognising that the environment
had fundamentally changed to such an extent that comparisons to 2019 were no
longer relevant.
VOLUME TWELVE, ISSUE SIX
December 2022 - January 2023
EDITORIAL TEAM
Victoria Tozer-Pennington
victoria@aviationnews-online.com
Simon Roughneen
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ISSUE SEVENTYONE DECEMBER 2022 - JANUARY 2023
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EDITOR’S LETTER A NEW ENVIRONMENT United CEO
CONTENTS 1 Letter from the Editor
Boston / Shannon / London/ Singapore / Hong Kong
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Global clients Global deals Global Transportati
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SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL Bridging
added an additional layer of complexity to negot
SMBC AVIATION CAPITAL company taxation rules, a
market. “We have traded well this year, with lots
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INDIA: GIFT CITY GIFT
LEASING MARKET FORECAST The global aircraft le
INDIA: GIFT CITY “This sta
participating in the development of this crucial
INDIA: GIFT CITY business plan report needs to
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