12/4/2020 11:40:38 AM DOT issues new rule addressing emotional support animals on flights By Justin deBettencourt On December 2, 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation (“DOT”) announced its final rule revising its Air Carrier Access Act (“ACAA”)...
11/23/2020 11:31:01 AM 2020 hindsight: Finding opportunity in distress By Christopher Jackson Ashleigh Standen Uden de Silva The aviation financing industry has undergone a monumental shift in the past decade. As traditional bank lenders have come under...
9/14/2020 11:24:05 AM Investing in the future: France’s bet on the aviation industry By Florent Rigaud Ridou Le The French government, through its investment bank Bpifrance, has recently invested in the newly created Ace Aéro Partenaires fund, which...
9/9/2020 9:51:15 AM Case Note: What does ‘give possession’ mean under the Cape Town Convention? By Ashleigh Standen Original decision: Wells Fargo Trust Company, National Association (trustee) v VB Leaseco Pty Ltd (administrators appointed) [2020] FCA...
9/7/2020 9:29:37 AM Updated Air Transport guide 2021: regulatory framework By Geert Goeteyn The newly updated European Union chapter of the Getting The Deal Through Air Transport guide provides a useful and succinct overview of...
7/13/2020 1:27:39 PM Airline bailouts: a golden opportunity to take balance sheets from red, to black, to green By Richard Hakes Ashleigh Standen Developments in environmental regulation for the aviation industry have gathered momentum over the last year, notwithstanding the...
7/1/2020 12:00:01 PM All about that baseline: Developments in the UK ETS and the CORSIA emissions baseline By Ashleigh Standen Rohan Soni Oliver Rieche Adam Hedley Nicholas Rock Peter Zaman Matthew Yeo +4 more... Show less The landscape of environmental regulation is changing for aviation operators, due to a powerful combination of global pressures to reduce...
6/4/2020 9:15:39 AM The Lufthansa bail out: Lessons learned By Geert Goeteyn Richard Hakes On 24 May 2020, the German government announced that it had agreed an extensive €9 billion rescue package for Lufthansa, including a...
5/7/2020 3:18:02 PM License Tax May Apply to Aircraft Stored in the State of Arizona By David Dorner The COVID-19 pandemic has caused many airlines to temporarily ground aircraft. Due to its dry desert conditions, Arizona is a popular...
3/3/2020 9:39:07 PM Reed Smith update on the impact of Coronavirus on the aviation industry By Richard Hakes Jason Gordon Oliver Beiersdorf The impact of COVID-19 (“Coronavirus”) on aviation is becoming more pronounced by the day, with the International Air Transport...
1/16/2020 12:41:01 PM JOL-ted into action By Richard Hakes Background Leasing has been a staple of the aviation industry for more than 40 years, and has become increasingly attractive to the...
1/13/2020 11:37:31 AM The eye of the beholder: After a dramatic year in aviation, how is the industry perceived by investors? By Ashleigh Standen Aviation was exceptionally – and often uncomfortably – visible to the public eye over the course of 2019. The powerful combination of the...