Ten years is a very, very long time in aviation. When Airfinance Journal launched the first European Airfinance Conference: Ryanair was celebrating carrying a record 3.7 million passengers - it now carries over 50 million; Boeing had just merged with McDonnell Douglas; Swissair was embarking on its ill-fated hunter-strategy, and the Irish government was trying to get financial companies to move to Dublin. The European Airfinance Conference's high profile sessions are still the perfect way for anyone involved in the aviation market to keep up-to-date because they are still led by the people shaping the market. Only the European Airfinance Conference can unite over 500 airlines, lessors, banks, lawyers, manufacturers and others, and still retain a friendly, informal feel – making networking easy (it is in Dublin after all). It is a great way to start your work year by finding out what the people leading the market are thinking.
In the last 12 months we have seen radical changes to export credit; problems in the global credit markets that will affect all airlines: and equity worries that are testing the new operating leasing market. The 10th Annual European Airfinance Conference will be your best opportunity to make sure that you hear directly from the people spearheading these changes, catch up with colleagues and meet the new entrants to the market. Highlights of the 2008 agenda include:
- The extremely popular Investing in Aircraft and Engines Briefing Day covering the issues that anyone involved in asset-based aviation finance needs to know
- Hear Boeing, Airbus and easyJet discuss their different approaches to managing the business implications of environmental legislation
- Meet the new generation of lessor CEOs and find out how the new model is working
- Receive business and finance updates from Deutsche Lufthansa, Air France-KLM, Ryanair and others
- Meet up with colleagues at the very busy cocktail receptions on the opening and middle nights of the conference With over 600 people expected to attend in 2008, make sure that you don’t miss out on the best way to start another successful year in the aviation industry.
Pre-Conference Briefing Day: Investing in Aircraft and Engines
22nd January 2008, Four Seasons Hotel, Dublin
It has never been more important for financiers and investors to understand the assets they are investing in. Airfinance Journal’s extremely popular Investing in Aircraft and Engines Briefing Day is designed to give delegates up-to-date information on key developments in the market and how to ensure maximum returns from aircraft and engines – including aircraft valuations, managing assets through the aircraft life cycle, new types and freighters. This one day briefing, now an established must-attend event in its own right, is a great opportunity for debate and for you to put your questions to our panel of expert speakers to ensure that you are in a position to make the best investment decisions. This is one day that could save you millions in a downmarket.