Situations, not just transactions
Market data with the method published, and notes on the brokerage situations that don't fit a standard placement — distressed fleets, government tenders, fleet exits, freighter feedstock, first financings — with the professionals around them.
Market data
Situations
The imposed timeline, the Section 1110 mechanism in the US, and what a broker does differently.
Intermediation & state carriers · 18 Sept 2026 Responding to a government aircraft lease tenderOfficial channels, verified specifications, and how to check a tender is genuinely live.
Trading & fleet exits · 18 Sept 2026 Divesting aircraft on a fleet exit: to whom, in what orderWhat determines exit value, the disposal options, and why discretion beats wide circulation.
Trading & freighter feedstock · 18 Sept 2026 Sourcing a P2F conversion candidate: age, cycles and configurationThe conversion is well documented; choosing the airframe is not. Engines, cycles, records and slot timing.
Leasing, financing & compliance
Check status, engines, reserves, records, late return: the exit cost, read at signature.
Structured finance & start-ups · 18 Sept 2026 Financing a first aircraft for a start-up airlineNo operating history, no AOC yet: what a credit committee reads, and why files get declined.
Structured finance & Gulf · 18 Sept 2026 Structuring a Sharia-compliant sale & leaseback on a narrow-bodyWhere an operating lease already fits ijara, and what has to be adjusted.
Placements & Maghreb · 18 Sept 2026 Leasing an aircraft to a Maghreb-based airline: what changesCape Town status, exchange control, withholding tax, registry: what a lessor's credit and legal teams check.
Compliance & intermediation · 18 Sept 2026 KYC and sanctions screening in aircraft leasingAn NCNDA protects commercial interests; it clears nobody. What has to sit next to it before any introduction.
Ecosystem
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