The SMBC-Air Lease deal has instilled confidence in the ability to get bumper aviation leasing deals done – and executives are showing little fear of over concentration.
Aviation firms have faced hurdles entering India but Europe’s new free-trade agreement will slash tariffs on aircraft and parts in a market that has seen its aviation sector balloon in recent years.
The European Commission has made overtures to AerCap but the lessor has not signalled any interest in investing in the defence sector.
Timaero, which is linked to sanctioned Russian bank VEB, has issued legal proceedings against Boeing in Ireland, on top of its long-running US lawsuit against the aviation giant.
The liquidation of Pan JSC started in 2017 and has finally finished up. The company was financed by a bank which was recently embroiled in an international money-laundering crackdown.
Having bowed out of insurance litigation last May, CDB Aviation has been settling with insurers on its beached Russian assets. But one case that went the distance looks set to deliver a multi-million euro payout.
The family business, run from Limerick, works with airlines and lessors to move aircraft engines and parts around the world and has more than €38 million in turnover.
Alan Doyle kicked off Aerlytix in 2020 in the midst of Covid challenges and aviation’s shutdown but in the last five years it has raised over €10m and is now plotting a major product expansion.
Timaero Ireland Limited sued Boeing over six years ago. Now the aircraft maker has accused the company, linked to a sanctioned Russian bank, of frustrating discovery and depositions.
The Swiss company set up a Dublin base several years ago but the operations never fully took off. Now the company is shutting down the Irish subsidiary.
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