Airfinance Journal - News, Analysis & Deals in Aviation Finance

Airfinance Journal talks to Shannon Engine Support about its inaugural secured RCF and investments in the first half. Last November the lessor closed the largest engine portfolio financing with eight banks. Chief commercial officer Tadhg Dillon points to acceleration and growth of the business over the past three years as the driver behind the engine portfolio facility

The holy grail of risk metrics for many financiers is a credit’s leverage ratio: its total liabilities or total debt divided by tangible net worth. This is a simple and uncontroversial metric. However, it is not applicable in all circumstances. The problem is that airlines are no strangers to negative equity.

A total of 7 lessors have now published their results for their financial years ended 31 December 2023. In aggregate they have reported total debt repayment obligations in 2024 of $19.4bn and capital expenditure commitments of $23.4bn

At $1.3 trillion we might not be as large as real-estate, autos, chemicals or telecoms but we are certainly deserving of attention from investors, bankers, lessors, consultants and global service firms alike.