Key Insights From Airline Economics Growth Frontiers 2019

The Walkers Asset Finance legal and professional services team from Dublin, the Cayman Islands and Dubai attended the Dublin Airline Economics conference in late January. As one of the most well attended aviation finance conferences of the year, it was a great forum for the leading global airlines, operators, leasing companies, lawyers, and banks to discuss the state of the aviation market and the upcoming trends for 2019.

The macroeconomic outlook:

With estimates of passenger growth predicted to continue to increase, demand for extra capacity is expected to be fulfilled by in excess of 2000 new aircraft deliveries in 2019 representing a significant increase from 2018. A more stable outlook for US interest rates and plateauing of oil prices is welcome news for airlines however continued political disruption to global trade is likely to be one of the most significant challenges facing the industry during the year ahead.