AerCap CEO Sees No Quick Return to Russia if Market Reopens, on Insurance Concerns February 27, 2025 By Tim Hepher, Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries The head of the world’s largest aircraft leasing company, AerCap, said on Wednesday that Russia may look to buy used...
Avolon, BOC Settle Lawsuit Against Insurers Over Stranded Russian Jets February 7, 2025 By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries Avolon and BOC Aviation, two of the world’s largest aircraft lessors, have settled lawsuits in the Irish courts against insurers...
Update: Lessor AerCap Settles Claim of $645M for Aeroflot Jets Stranded in Russia September 6, 2023 By Conor Humphries The world’s largest aircraft lessor has agreed to settle an insurance claim over Russia’s refusal to return 17 jets leased...
Aircraft Leasing Companies Cautious About Risky Markets After $10B Hit in Russia January 23, 2023 By Conor Humphries and Padraic Halpin Aircraft leasing companies, which own most of the world’s passenger jets, face a tricky balance between risks and rewards after...
Aircraft Lessors Begin ‘Vigorous’ Pursuit of Insurance Claims for Seized Jets in Russia May 11, 2022 By Padraic Halpin, Conor Humphries and Tim Hepher Lessors with hundreds of jets stuck in Russia are preparing for what one said would be a “vigorous” pursuit of...
Facebook’s WhatsApp to Appeal Ireland’s €225 Million Data Privacy Fine September 3, 2021 By Conor Humphries Ireland hit Facebook’s WhatsApp with a record 225 million euro ($266 million) fine on Thursday following an inquiry into the...
Ireland’s Health Service Operator Hit by ‘Significant’ Ransomware Attack May 14, 2021 By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN – Ireland’s health service operator shut down all its IT systems on Friday to protect them from a “significant”...
More Questions Raised Following EU Ruling on U.S. Data Transfer Privacy Shield September 10, 2020 By Conor Humphries The key mechanism used by Facebook to transfer data from the European Union to the United States “cannot in practice...
Facebook Loses Bid to Delay EU Data Privacy Suit May 2, 2018 By Conor Humphries Ireland’s High Court has refused a request by Facebook to delay referral to Europe’s top court of a landmark privacy...
Facebook Wants to Block Top EU Court from Getting Key Privacy Case May 1, 2018 By Conor Humphries Facebook bid on Monday to block referral of a landmark privacy case to Europe’s top court by requesting a last-ditch...