Carlyle Aviation Partners

Founded in 2002 as an aviation operating company, the Carlyle Aviation Partners team has extensive experience managing aircraft and engine assets of all ages, through all points of an economic cycle.  Having entered the business as an end-of-life part-out firm, we have a distinct advantage in understanding both the metal and metal value of the assets we manage. Our broad footprint as a global lessor, coupled with our ability to provide financing solutions and liquidity to airlines and manufacturers, cements Carlyle Aviation’s position as a strategic partner to the aviation industry.

KPMG

KPMG Ireland is the leading and largest transaction advisory firm in the global aviation finance market.

We have a team of over 150 aviation finance professionals across our audit, tax and advisory functions.

Over the last two decades, KPMG has advised on almost all major transactions that have taken place in the aviation finance sector and we are viewed as industry experts in our field.

TrueNoord

TrueNoord is a fast-growing regional aircraft leasing company with offices in Amsterdam, Dublin, London, and Singapore. It is a full-service platform providing leasing and lease management services, supported by extensive knowledge of aircraft finance, to operators and investors worldwide in the regional aircraft sector. As a specialist lessor, TrueNoord delivers a deep understanding of the critical role of regional aircraft in linking remote locations to larger urban areas, providing a feeder service to major hubs, and fulfilling carriers’ lower demand off-peak services in a growing global market.

Services include asset management, lease management and investment management; comprising activities such as sourcing, remarketing, fleet strategy, phase out, administration, compliance, restructuring, financial structuring, sale and lease backs, and JOLCOs. 

TrueNoord is the natural partner for investors, banks, and fleet managers with an interest in regional aircraft asset transactions, financial restructuring, and/or asset lease management founded upon industry best practice. The Company exclusively invests in latest technology turboprops and regional jet aircraft, and its fleet of new and young in-production aircraft covers different models in the 50 – 150 seat class, including: Embraer, Bombardier, ATR and De Havilland Canada. 

TrueNoord is supported by cornerstone investors Bregal Freshstream, BlackRock, Aberdeen Standard and others.

Boeing Capital Corporation

Boeing Capital Corporation is a global provider of financing solutions. A wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Boeing Capital offers asset-backed lending and leasing, concentrating on assets that are critical to the core operations of Boeing customers. Boeing Capital’s primary mission is to support the other Boeing business units by ensuring customers have the financing they need to buy and take delivery of their Boeingproducts.

Boeing has been the premier manufacturer of commercial jetliners for decades. Today, the company manufactures the 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787 families of airplanes and the Boeing Business Jet range. New product development efforts include the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the 737 MAX, and the 777X. More than 10,000 Boeing-built commercial jetliners are in service worldwide, which is almost half the world fleet. The company also offers the most complete family of freighters, and about 90 percent of the world’s cargo is carried onboard Boeing planes.