Airfinance Journal Latin America 2018

Engine Lease Finance (ELF) is the world’s leading independent spare engine financing and leasing company, specialising in the provision of flexible short, medium and long-term spare engine support packages for the airline industry. Headquartered in Shannon, Ireland, ELF is a group company of Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited ("MUL"), whose shares are wholly owned by MUL. ELF has the financing power and stability to meet the varied needs of airlines and to meet the commercial challenges presented by today’s rapidly changing world markets. ELF has access to extensive funding at favourable rates, therefore ensuring low cost flexible financing for the airline. ELF’s client base includes some of the world’s most established airlines, some of the newest start-ups and many of the seasoned LCCs around the world. The client base also includes several significant MRO providers, airframe lessors and the OEMs.

CFM International (CFM) was formed in 1974 as a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines. Today, CFM is the world’s leading supplier of commercial transport aircraft engines and the best example of a successful international joint venture.

Since the first engine was delivered in 1982, CFM has received orders for nearly 47,000 CFM56 and LEAP engines from 570 operators worldwide, of which nearly 32,000 engines have been delivered.

CFM has garnered orders and commitments for approximately 14,000 LEAP engines. In service, this engine is delivering a 15 percent improvement in fuel efficiency along with significant reductions in noise and emissions signatures. All of this while maintaining CFM’s industry-leading reliability and overall cost of ownership.

In 2008, with the launch of the LEAP engine, CFM announced that all services offerings for this new product would come from directly from CFM. The organization could also provide support for CFM56 engines, as well. This was done to support customer requests for seamless product sales and support.

Since then, the primary focus of CFM Services has been to provide world-class aftermarket products and programs, working with customers to meet their unique, evolving needs from entry-into-service to mid-life through maturity and retirement.

GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) is a world leader in aviation leasing and financing.  With 50 years of aviation finance experience, GECAS offers a wide range of aircraft types including narrow-bodies, wide-bodies, regional jets, turboprops, freighters and helicopters, plus multiple financing products and services including operating leases, purchase/leasebacks, secured debt financing, capital markets, engine leasing, airframe parts management and airport/airline consulting.  GECAS owns or services a fleet of over 1,950 aircraft (1,660 fixed wing/ 306 rotary wing) in operation or on order, plus provides loans collateralized on an additional ~400 aircraft. GECAS serves more than 250 customers across 79 countries from a network of 26 offices. gecas.com

DAE Capital is an award winning, full-service, best-in-class aircraft lessor. With over three decades of leasing experience and strong capital base, DAE Capital provides customized and comprehensive solutions to airlines to address their fleet ambitions. 

DAE Capital is one of the largest aircraft leasing companies in the world. Headquartered in Dubai, DAE Capital has an owned, managed and committed fleet of nearly 400 Airbus, ATR and Boeing aircraft with a fleet value of US$ 14 billion. DAE Capital serves over 110 airline customers around the world from its six offices in Dubai, Dublin, Singapore and the US.

Holland & Knight’s Aircraft Finance Team has earned an international reputation for transactional work involving the domestic and cross-border acquisition, financing and leasing of aircraft, engines and spare parts. Our lawyers have completed hundreds of aircraft acquisition, financing, leasing and restructuring transactions on behalf of the world’s leading leasing companies, financial institutions, manufacturers and airlines. Our team’s presence across offices in multiple time zones ensures clients that coverage is timely, responsive and serves their best interests. Holland & Knight is a global law firm with more than 1,300 attorneys in 28 offices in the United States, Latin America and the United Kingdom.

Machado Meyer has been building its history for 45 years, inspired by sound ethical principles, the technical skills of its professionals, and a close relation with its clients. The firm is ranked as one of the major law firms in Brazil, with over 700 professionals.
 
Regarding the aviation sector, its professionals have extensive experience and expertise regarding the legislation, the technical aspects of the industry, and business context, to meet the entire range of legal needs and support the definition and implementation of effective growth strategies.
 
Machado Meyer expertise on this sector includes advisory services on the structuring of purchase and sale transactions, leasing and financing of aircraft, engines, and other equipment. Also we assist on regulatory matters before the relevant agencies. Additionally, Our litigation team has the specific expertise on this sector. Finally, we have specific experience in matters related to airports and aeronautical infrastructure. 
 

 
Parra Rodríguez is a dynamic team of attorneys assisting clients through a pragmatic, efficient and proactive approach to resolving their business needs while also protecting their interests and reputation.
 
In the last 30 years, the firm has established itself as a specialist in finance and banking, tax, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, foreign exchange, labour, immigration, aeronautics, litigation and intellectual property.
 
Parra Rodriguez has longstanding and successful relationships with top-tier local and multinational clients across a wide range of industries.
 
Specialization, innovative vision, pragmatism, a broad network of relationships, expertise in international transactions and respect for the law and institutions constitute the identity of our firm.

Abogados Sierra is the leading aviation law firm in Mexico. The firm’s experience treasures the service rendered to only the best lessors, banks, financiers, airlines and most important aviation related players in the world. The firm’s transactional area has designed, structured and enabled complex cross-border and domestic transactions in Mexico with utmost professionalism and cohesive legal advice. The firm’s litigation area has the most successful experience in the repossession of high value aircraft and other types of equipment, as well as in debt collection. As an example, the firm successfully repossessed approximately 70 commercial aircraft from the insolvent airline Mexicana. The firm has been involved in successful litigation of commercial and civil cases, insolvency procedures, and complex remedies before Mexican courts. The firm’s capacities in the regulatory aspects of aviation law are vast and have involved servicing some of the most reputable air carriers of the world among other related companies and services. The firm provides legal advice to Mexican and foreign entities in all aspects of corporate law, including the configuration of complex corporate and finance structures, advice in foreign investment, tax exposure and liability aspects. The firm assists its clients only in such areas in which it has proven expertise and in which it can deliver the highest quality and the most knowledgeable advice.

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft offers a complete range of commercial aircraft optimized for the 60- to 100-seat market segment, with best-in-class efficiency, modern passenger comfort and the highest level of customer service. Its product portfolio includes the Q Series turboprops and the CRJ Series family of regional jets. The high-performing Q400 turboprop can accommodate up to 90 passengers, and is the greenest, quietest and largest turboprop in its class. The CRJ Series family of aircraft is the third most successful aircraft program in commercial aviation history with close to 2,000 aircraft sold to date.

Today, Bombardier commercial aircraft has the largest installed base of regional aircraft worldwide, with well over 2,000 aircraft in service with approximately 250 operators in 90 countries. 

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Novus is an independent, privately-held aircraft leasing platform, focused on investing, leasing and financing of commercial aircraft assets. Established over 23 years ago, the Novus team operates out of its five global offices in the Middle East, Europe and Asia. The company currently co-owns and manages aircraft-related projects worth about USD 3 billion.
www.novus.aero

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies company (NYSE:UTX), is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units. At Pratt & Whitney, we believe that powered flight has transformed – and will continue to transform – the world. It’s an engine for human progress and an instrument to rise above. That’s why we work with an explorer’s heart and a perfectionist’s grit to design, build, and service the world’s most advanced and unrelenting aircraft engines. We do this as a way of turning the possibilities into realities -- so our customers can connect people, grow economies, and protect the world.

This is our mission, and a challenge to which we rise every day. It’s about more than transporting people reliably to their destinations. It’s about more than providing the care and intelligence to service aircraft expertly. It’s about innovating and engineering a new and exciting future for aviation – one in which the full potential of human progress can be unleashed.  This is how we at Pratt & Whitney approach our work, and this is why we are inspired to go beyond.

SMBC Aviation Capital is one of the world’s leading aircraft leasing companies.  We invest in the most modern, technologically advanced aircraft in the world that are most sought after by our 150 airline and investor customers in 50 countries.  We have a fleet of 670 owned, managed and committed aircraft.
 
Every minute one of SMBC Aviation Capital’s aircraft takes off or lands somewhere in the world.  Our 170 professionals based in Dublin and at locations in Amsterdam, Beijing, Hong Kong, Miami, New York, Seattle, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and Toulouse are committed to understanding and meeting the requirements of our customers. 
 
The support of our shareholders, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Corporation sets us apart by giving us the scale to provide one of the broadest product offerings in the aircraft leasing industry.

 

Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. In 2017 it generated revenues of € 67 billion and employed a workforce of around 129,000. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from 100 to more than 600 seats. Airbus is also a European leader providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft, as well as one of the world’s leading space companies. In helicopters, Airbus provides the most efficient civil and military rotorcraft solutions worldwide.
Airbus Japan is established in 2001.  A total of 91 Airbus aircraft are operated by six customers based in Japan. Over 20 major Japanese companies work with Airbus on various commercial aircraft programmes. Airbus is sourcing $1 billion worth of parts per year from Japan.
 

RPK Capital was founded in 2004. The firm has established expertise in a wide array of aviation finance transactions. The RPK Capital team is experienced in analyzing, structuring and negotiating successful aviation transactions with counterparties and markets around the world. The team has deep industry knowledge and is highly respected by industry experts for their skill. From 2004-2010, the firm was a ‘Fundless Sponsor’ investing proprietary capital along with that of strategic partners. In 2010, RPK Capital announced a strategic partnership with The Carlyle Group, emblematic of the value of the firm’s attractive returns and niche investment strategy. RPK Capital had an exclusive relationship with The Carlyle Group until 2015, when RPK announced its intent to develop an independent fund sponsor platform. RPK Capital has offices in the United States and the United Kingdom; the firm headquarters is in Chicago, IL.