Airline Finance (Hardcover, 5 ed)

Preface; Chapter 1 Industry Financial Performance; 1.1 Government Regulation of Airlines: The ‘Level Playing Field’; 1.2 World Airline Financial Results; 1.3 Factors Affecting Financial Results; 1.4 Key Financial Issues; 1.5 Financial Implications of Environmental Measures; 1.6 Conclusions; Chapter 2 Airline Financial Statements; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Profit and Loss Account (Income Statement); Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.; American Airlines; Cathay Pacific Airways and American Airlines Compared: Income Statement; Lufthansa Group and Other Airlines: Income Statement; 2.3 Balance Sheet; Assets; 2.4 Balance Sheet Comparison: Cathay Pacific Versus American Airlines; 2.5 Cash Flow Statement; 2.6 Value Added Statement; 2.7 Cash Value Added; 2.8 Progress Towards Greater Accounting Standardisation; Appendix 2.1: Frequent Flyer Programme Award Accounting; Appendix 2.2: Accounting for Finance and Operating Leases; Chapter 3 Airline Financial Ratios; 3.1 Performance/Earnings Ratios; 3.2 Risk or Solvency Ratios; 3.3 Liquidity Ratios; 3.4 Stock Market Ratios; 3.5 Inter-Airline Comparison of Financial Ratios; 3.6 Interpretation Problems; Chapter 4 Airline Valuation; 4.1 The Valuation of Intangible Assets; Route or Traffic Rights; Factors Determining the Value of Traffic Rights; Rights to Airport Slots; Valuation Methods; 4.2 The Valuation of Tangible Assets; 4.3 The Valuation of the Airline as a Whole; Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Method; Ratio Method; 4.4 Aircraft Valuation; 4.5 Ratings Agencies; Chapter 5 Sources of Finance; 5.1 Sources of Internal Finance; 5.2 Sources of Short-Term External Finance; 5.3 Sources of Long-Term External Finance; Shareholders’ Equity Capital; Preference Share Capital; Bonds/Debentures/Unsecured Loan Stock/ABS; Convertible Bonds; Term Loans; Leasing; Manufacturer’s Support; Islamic Finance; 5.4 Institutions Involved in Aircraft Finance; Banks; Export Credit Agencies; Operating Lessors; Governmental Financing Organisations; Chapter 6 Equity Finance; 6.1 Share Issues; 6.2 Equity Finance for Start-Up Airline; 6.3 Foreign Ownership Limits; 6.4 Share Trading and Stock Market Listings; 6.5 Initial Public Offering (IPO); 6.6 Mergers and Cross-Border Investment; Chapter 7 Airline Privatisation; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Previous Airline Privatisation Case Studies; Full Privatisation Through Flotation ? British Airways; Full Privatisation Through Trade Sale and Flotation ? Qantas; Gradual Privatisation ? Lufthansa; Partial Privatisation ? Kenya Airways; Full Privatisation and Trade Sale ? Iberia; Gradual Privatisation and Acquisition ? Air France; 7.3 The Results So Far by Region; North America; Caribbean; Central and South America; Europe; Africa/Middle East; Asia/Pacific; 7.4 Re-Nationalisation; Alitalia; TAP Air Portugal; Chapter 8 Airline Financial Planning and Appraisal; 8.1 Budget Preparation and Control; 8.2 Working Capital Management; Current Assets ? Stocks; Current Assets ? Cash and Marketable Securities; Current Liabilities; 8.3 Financial Planning; Cash Flow Forecasts; Decision Criteria; Discount Rate Calculation for NPV; Which Criterion to Choose?; Risk and Uncertainty; 8.4 Start-Up Airline Business Plan; Chapter 9 Risk Management: Foreign Currency and Interest Rates; 9.1 Exchange Rate Volatility; 9.2 Airline Trading Exposure to Currency Movements; 9.3 Airline Balance Sheet Exposure to Currency Movements; 9.4 Airline Foreign Exchange Risk Management; 9.5 Interest Rate Exposure; Chapter 10 Risk Management: Fuel Prices; 10.1 The Need and Means to Hedge Fuel; 10.2 Examples of Airline Fuel Hedging Practice; Chapter 11 Aircraft Leasing; 11.1 Finance Lease; Japanese Leveraged Leases; US Leveraged Leases; European Leveraged Leases; Extendible Operating Leases; 11.2 Operating Lease; 11.3 Japanese Operating Lease (JOL); 11.4 Wet Lease; 11.5 Sale and Leaseback; Appendix 11.1; Appendix 11.2; Chapter 12 Aircraft Securitisation; 12.1 Equipment Trust Certificates: ETCs and EETCs; 12.2 Securitisation; ALPS 92-I Securitisation ; ALPS 94-I Securitisation; Airplanes 96 Securitisation; ALPS 96-I Securitisation; 12.3 Early Securitisations (2005 to 2008); 12.4 Conclusions; Chapter 13 Airline New Entry and bankruptcy; 13.1 Airline New Entry; 13.2 Airline Exit ? Bankruptcy; 13.3 Airline Consolidation ? Mergers and Acquisitions; 13.4 North America ? Chapter 11 Bankruptcy; 13.5 Latin America; 13.6 UK/Europe; 13.7 Australasia; 13.8 Summary; Chapter 14 Industry Financial Prospects; 14.1 World Airline Traffic and Financial Forecasts; 14.2 World Airline Capital Expenditure Projections; 14.3 World Airline Financial Requirement Forecasts; 14.4 The Prospects for Cross-Border Mergers; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography