Griffin Global Asset Management and Bain Capital Special Situations agreed to acquire 17 new technology Rolls-Royce engines, including Trent XWB-84s, Trent XWB-97s, Trent 1000s and Trent 7000s. The engines will be owned by a newly formed standalone entity and used... read more

OCT 25, 2023 - 6:57 am

PK Airfinance, an aviation lending platform backed by Apollo, agreed to acquire the majority of an approximately $920 million portfolio of secured aviation loans from Standard Chartered, with Apollo affiliates agreeing to purchase the balance of the portfolio. read more

AUG 29, 2023 - 7:04 am

Griffin Global Asset Management, a commercial aircraft leasing and alternative asset management business, closed a three-year, $525 million unsecured revolving credit facility. read more

AUG 9, 2023 - 6:45 am

Voyager Aviation, an aviation investment firm, reached an agreement to sell substantially all its assets to aircraft lessor Azorra Explorer. To execute the sale, Voyager Aviation filed for voluntary protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. read more

JUL 28, 2023 - 7:01 am

UMB Bank is serving as administrative agent for an amended $1.5 billion senior secured warehouse facility for two entities jointly established by Griffin Global Asset Management and Bain Capital Credit. read more

AUG 15, 2022 - 6:47 am

Vmo Aircraft Leasing closed a five-year, $600 million senior secured warehouse facility. Credit Suisse Securities and Natixis Corporate and Investment Bank are the co-structuring agents and joint lead arrangers of the facility. UMB Bank is the administrative agent and the security trustee. read more

DEC 7, 2021 - 6:16 am

Stonepeak Partners and Bellinger Asset Management completed a broadly syndicated aircraft loan securitization: SALT 2021-1 Trust, which issued a total of $893.477 million of notes backed by loans secured by 156 aircraft operated by 45 airline operators located in 29 jurisdictions. read more

NOV 3, 2021 - 8:26 am

Castlelake, an alternative investment firm and provider of aircraft investing, leasing and servicing, created Castlelake Aviation Limited, a corporate lessor of commercial aircraft that will finance a portfolio of modern aircraft. read more

SEP 30, 2021 - 6:33 am

Blackbird Capital II Aircraft Lease Limited and Blackbird Capital II Aircraft Lease US LLC closed a $745 million fixed rate notes offering, which consists of $630 million of 2.443% Series A fixed rate notes and $115 million of 3.446% Series B fixed rate notes. read more

JUL 7, 2021 - 6:33 am

Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Merx Aviation, a global aircraft leasing, management and finance company, closed an issuance of $540.12 million of secured notes by MAPS 2021-1 Trust, a Delaware statutory trust. read more

JUN 21, 2021 - 6:27 am

Voyager Aviation entered into a restructuring support agreement documenting its previously announced agreement in principle with beneficial owners of approximately 60% of the company’s 8.5% senior notes due 2021 and holders of 100% of the company’s equity. read more

FEB 22, 2021 - 6:35 am

Aero Capital Solutions, a mid-life aircraft leasing platform, acquired 20 A320 family aircraft from easyJet Airline Company on a sale-and-leaseback basis. The transactions were completed in two tranches during 2020. read more

FEB 12, 2021 - 6:28 am

Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy advised Atlantis Finance as borrower in a financing for the purchase of vessel that will operate in the Gulf of Mexico. HSBC was said to be the lead arranger and agent for the deal. read more

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