Going up or down ?
As the original thread was cancelled today (and with the large swings in the share price) i thought we needed another one

Yep that's how I read it CC, about time those RNS's were made to make sense.

ah well, if you had looked at the original, it would have told you

What? Just go to News in the header cynic, doesn't get any more original than that.
Failing that lob an email to your mate sticky. No need to shoot the messenger old chap :0)

Aberforth Partners LLP - Have reached a threshold of 13% increasing their holding from 28,152,966 to 28,469,766 an extra 316,8oo shares.

now now chris, don't be so tetchy

though it won't print out properly, the info is very clearly set out
if you go to Section 8, the first part is headed
A: Voting rights attached to shares
you'll find it is all set out and easy to read

The above figures were on this board first, Not C+P, as I have seen them on others. :-))

I don't know which site you girls use - but the horses mouth is often much 'clearer' - Aberforth Partners LLP > 13%

i just went to the news section here

profit banked at 63p
market has got the bit between its teeth this morning so anything that breathes may get bought

Philip de Klerk, Chief Financial Officer, purchased 26,000 Ordinary Shares in the Company each at a price of 0.575 pounds per share.

Took his shareholding up to 120k ,not a massive amount ,however read in to that what you will .

Interesting to see that Broker consensus is still for a rise from here.

CONSENSUS TARGET PRICE
Period Average High Low Notes
1 month 110.00 140.00 80.00 2
3 months 118.33 140.00 80.00 3
6 months 118.33 140.00 80.00 3

Brokers:Cantor Fitzgerald 80P
HSBC 135p
Liberum 140p

New Client for Four New Aircraft
RNS
RNS Number : 5387F
Avation PLC
23 February 2015



LSE: AVAP

23 February 2015

AVATION PLC

(the 'Company')

NEW CLIENT FOR FOUR NEW AIRCRAFT

Avation PLC, (LSE: AVAP) the commercial passenger aircraft leasing company, has entered into lease agreements for four new aircraft to be operated by UK commercial airline Flybe.

The four new ATR72-600 aircraft will be progressively delivered new to Flybe during the course of 2015 and early 2016. The lease rate revenues are consistent with operating leases of this type and term. The initial duration of the leases is six years with the client having further optional six year extension provisions.

The Company owns a significant number of option delivery positions on new ATR72-600 aircraft. The above aircraft represent three of the 2015 option delivery positions and one 2016 delivery position.

To provide a platform for further medium term growth the Company has firmed up its options with the manufacturer ATR for the delivery of five additional new ATR72-600 aircraft in 2016.

Jeff Chatfield, Executive Chairman of Avation PLC, said: "It is pleasing to continue to diversify the airline operator base of aircraft owned by the Company with the addition of Flybe. It is understood that the aircraft will remain on the UK register however they will be operated by Flybe in Scandinavia on behalf of Scandinavian Airlines System. Our strategy is to diversify our risk by geographic dispersion of our aircraft fleet and entering into these operating leases are consistent with that objective. The Company has a large proportion of its aircraft in Asia - Pacific and will continue to seek clients in this region, however, the Company views leasing aircraft to Northern Europe provides appropriate diversification."

-- ENDS -

About Flybe

Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline - 192 routes serving 12 countries from 82 departure points, 37 UK/45 European airports* (all routes on sale Feb '15 - Oct '15); operates more UK domestic flights than any other airline (UK CAA Jan '14 - Dec'14); named top UK airline for punctuality in report issued by UK consumer watchdog Which? (Dec 2014); is the largest scheduled airline by air traffic movements at Belfast City, Birmingham, East Midlands, Exeter, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newquay and Southampton airports (UK CAA Dec '14); operates fleet of 60 aircraft - 45 Bombardier Q400, 4 Embraer 195 & 11 E175; codeshares with BA, Air France, Etihad, KLM, Finnair, Aer Lingus and Cathay Pacific; has two franchise partners, Loganair and Stobart Air and was Amsterdam Schiphol's Airline of the Year 2012 Europe.

* Flown under the Flybe brand (27 routes/11 airports exclusively served by Flybe's franchise partner, Loganair: and four routes and three airports exclusively operated by franchise partner, Stobart Air)

FLYBE
a para in today's ST concludes .....
"Hammad needs results soon or he might be looking dfor the nearest exit"

StockMarketWire.com
Flybe saw a return to growth in both seat capacity and revenue in the final quarter of the year, having completed the first year of its three-year turnaround and is positioned well to continue its positive momentum.

The airline delivered 15% additional capacity in Q4 2014/15, but held its load factors constant and delivered 15% passenger growth. The required yield investment associated with the new capacity and lower spot fuel prices were more than offset by higher passenger volumes and overall passenger revenues increased by more than 5%.

Results for the full year to March 31st 2015 are anticipated to be in line with market expectations, with Flybe on track to achieve around break-even at pre-tax profit level, before the £26m cost of the E195 jets and any impact of USD loan revaluation, but after the Finland JV write down of £10m and EU261 flight delay provision of £6m.

This outturn would represent an improvement of £14m1 on the previous year's loss2 of £9.0m on a comparable basis, excluding the one-off effects of the Finland JV divestment, the EU261 provision, US dollar loan revaluations and last year's restructuring costs, together with the benefit from the sale of Gatwick slots. This clearly demonstrates the improvement in our core business.

Summer trading is also on track with the additional capacity selling through as planned. The company says its cash position remains strong.

return to profit before you deduct all the expensive nasties!

I think it's called 'creative accounting'.

much the same as smoke and mirrors then :-)

Last weeks Times told a different story ,if an airline is struggling with oil prices this low i would beware ..

THERE IS LIVE for the last few days on this well smashed company recently

Maybe is ahead of events at this price 67p ( BB, TA overbought just now )

Flybe continues to grow

StockMarketWire.com

Flybe reports a positive start to the year, with sustained passenger and revenue growth, as it continues the next chapter of its transformation.

Flybe says the return to growth delivered in the previous three months has continued in the first quarter with a 12.3% increase in seat capacity to 2.8 million seats (Q1 2014/15: 2.5 million seats) and a 9.8% growth in passenger numbers to 2.1 million (Q1 2014/15: 1.9 million passengers).

Passenger revenues rose by 11.6% to £147.7m.

Chief executive Saad Hammad said: "As we enter the next phase of our transformation, Flybe has again delivered revenue and passenger growth in the quarter, demonstrating the strength of our core business. We carried significantly more customers than the same time last year and maintained our industry-leading punctuality levels. We remain focused on tackling the surplus E195 aircraft, our final legacy issue, and are actively pursuing a range of solutions."

At 8:03am: (LON:FLYB) FlyBe share price was +2.63p at 73.63p