After a successful debut event in 2015, ISTAT organized its second annual ISTAT Latin America Forum on 9-10 November. The event returned to Panama City, Panama and boasted increased attendance from the prior year, including continued presence from key regional airlines.

Highlights included Richard Lark, chief financial officer, GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A. and John Rodgerson, chief financial officer, Azul Airlines as keynote speakers, offering an inside look into the trends affecting the Latin American region, as well as a bank panel, secondary market traders panel and the airline panel featuring Azul Airlines, Avianca, Latam Airlines Group, Copa Airlines and GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.

Click here for photos from ISTAT Latin America Forum.

 

The ISTAT Holiday Receptions are returning to six locations: Dublin, Hong Kong, London, Miami, New York and Tokyo. Join ISTAT members from around the globe Wednesday, 7 December. Find out who is attending and register today. Venues may reach capacity, so make sure to secure your spot soon!

 

 

Housing and registration for ISTAT Americas – 5-7 March 2017 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront in San Diego, CA, USA – will open in December. Watch your email and check the ISTAT website for additional details as they become available.

 

ISTAT EMEA
24-26 September 2017
Edinburgh International Conference Centre
Edinburgh, Scotland

ISTAT Holiday Receptions
6 December 2017
Locations around the globe

 

ISTAT is pleased to announce these new and returning members.

 

Congratulations to these ISTAT members on their new positions.

 

Thank you to Jetran International for their support and recognition of the ISTAT Foundation at the Jetran Golf Tournament that took place in Horseshoe Bay, Texas, on 28 October. Their sponsorship and corporate donation raised $75,000 to support the Foundation’s mission of providing funds for scholarships, educational programs and grants to qualified individuals and institutions that promote the advancement of commercial aviation and humanitarianism. If you are interested in helping us raise money for the Foundation, we’d love to hear from you. Email us at istatfoundation@istat.org. 

 

 

The Ambassador Program initiative was created to streamline university outreach and provide cohesiveness among Foundation initiatives. Ambassadors are ISTAT members that build 'client' relationships with universities via phone calls, email correspondence and in-person visits. To learn more, please contact Kristen Chmielewski at istatambassador@istat.org.

 

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The incredible cost of acquiring engines has left airline companies almost dependent upon leasing, financing or borrowing to acquire those engines. Therefore, lease and loan agreements have already become customary between airline companies and engine lessors or financiers.

 

 

 

Daily Mail Maintaining "liberal access" to European aviation markets will be a "top priority" when the UK negotiates its exit from the EU, the Government and UK airlines have said. Aviation experts fear that flights by UK carriers could be grounded if the country withdraws from the single market for aviation as part of Brexit. The agreement, created in the 1990s, means there are no commercial restrictions for airlines flying within the EU.

 

AVweb Like everything else surrounding the future Donald Trump presidency, the predicted impact on aviation is as varied and as, well, unpredictable as the campaign that led the country to this point. Depending on who is being asked, the predictions range from doom and gloom, through cautious optimism to somewhat less cautious optimism. AVweb didn’t find any jubilation among the dozens of aviation reaction stories but the overall theme seemed to reflect a generally positive response with a healthy dose of wait-and-see.

 

Xinhuanet Business aviation in China is "moving beyond infancy" as the greater aviation market continues to flourish, said the president of the U.S. National Business Aviation Association (NBAA).