“Available business jet inventories look finally to be stabilizing,” UBS Investment Research noted in its latest business jet update, although pre-owned inventory remains at record-high levels, at 18 percent of the in-service fleet.
Financing, Insurance and Taxes » Aviation Financing
Issues regarding financing of aircraft.
February 21, 2009 - 2:44pm
Credit is tight, but money is available. That’s the message from Jim Pulie, director of business development for Center Capital’s general aviation division.
January 29, 2009 - 11:14am
As the global economy churns, the aviation finance market holds its breath. A recent report from UK-based aviation analysis firm IBA Group predicts that financing will become even more difficult to secure as the year progresses, as lenders chart a cautious course through the turmoil.
January 29, 2009 - 11:13am
The standoff between buyers and sellers over the last six months is beginning to show some wear. It seems that sellers had been concentrating on where prices were six months ago, as buyers were predicting where they would be six months forward. The dichotomy in perspectives aided in slowing transactions to a crawl.
December 1, 2008 - 4:46am
Last year when AIN took a close look at the aviation finance industry, the prevailing sentiment among industry insiders was that if you were looking for money to finance a business jet, the money would find you. At the time, many of the aircraft finance divisions still felt they were relatively insulated from their mortgage brethren, even within the same company.
October 7, 2008 - 2:42pm
Business aircraft buyers can expect loans to be harder to find and more costly, according to Adam Warner, president of Key Equipment Finance, Downers Grove, Ill. “There are fewer players in the finance market because some banks simply don’t have capital to lend,” he said. Those that have money are more selective and now less willing to finance 100 percent of an aircraft’s value.
October 7, 2008 - 10:35am
More than half of Greg Renna’s customers have asked him if Center Capital Corp. is “still giving out money.”
October 6, 2008 - 8:12am
Tomorrow afternoon Van Nuys Airport is holding a public meeting in Van Nuys, Calif., concerning the environmental impact report associated with the airport’s plan to draft an ordinance that would phase out aircraft that generate 77 dBA or more on takeoff. The seven-year phase-out would begin on January 1, with the 77-dBA limit taking effect on Jan.
October 1, 2008 - 7:24am
The specter of aircraft repossessions is starting to loom larger over the business aviation community as more owners struggle to repay loans, according to UK-based consultancy the International Bureau of Aviation (IBA). Mark Wooler, the group’s head of consultancy, told AIN that deteriorating economic conditions are increasingly putting financial pressure on corporate operators who do not own their aircraft outright.
September 30, 2008 - 5:14am
Grob Aerospace CEO Niall Olver has been given more time to secure fresh investors for the insolvent German manufacturer of the SPn light business jet. Insolvency administrator Dr. Michael Jaffé has recommended to the German court in which Grob Aerospace GmbH filed for insolvency on August 18 that the company’s bankruptcy protection be extended beyond the initial 30-day assessment period.
