Aviation Global Leaders

This discussion is the nineteenth to be released at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

This discussion is the twenty-second to be released at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

This discussion is the twenty-third to be released at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

This discussion is the sixteenth to be released at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

This discussion is the fourteenth to be released at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

This discussion is the twenty-sixth to be released at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

Airline Economics and KPMG visited BOC Aviation in November during the Growth Frontiers Singapore conference to speak with Robert Martin, who just announced his retirement as managing director and chief executive, along with his successor Steven Townend who assumed the role of CEO and MD from January 1.

BOC Aviation is a leading global aircraft operating leasing company with a fleet of 684 aircraft owned, managed and on order. Its owned and managed fleet was leased to 91 airlines in 45 countries and regions worldwide as at December 31, 2023. BOC Aviation is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and has its headquarters in Singapore with offices in Dublin, London, New York and Tianjin.

In this interview, Robert and Steven discuss the current state of the leasing market and a look ahead to 2024 and the continued growth of BOC Aviation.

This discussion is the thirteenth to be released in the 2024 series of Aviation Leaders interviews that will be published between now and January 29, 2023 when the full report will be published at the opening of the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

This discussion is the twenty-fifth to be released at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

In this interview, Tom Baker, CEO and President of Aviation Capital Group (ACG), speaks to Kieran O’Brien, Head of Aviation Advisory for KPMG in Singapore in November.

ACG is a top ten lessor, with over 400 aircraft in its portfolio, serving over 90 customers in over 45 countries. It is wholly owned by Tokyo Century and based in Newport Beach, California. The lessor also has offices based in Dublin and Singapore. Baker assumed leadership of the company in November 2020, and prior to this he served as executive vice president and chief revenue officer where he was responsible for leading ACG’s sales and marketing, and trading and technical teams.

Baker shares his thoughts on the supply issues affecting aircraft related to the secondary market and whether it is impacting asset values. In this interview, he also provides ACG’s slightly different perspective on the higher interest rates impacting lease rate factors.

This discussion is the twelth to be released in the 2024 series of Aviation Leaders interviews that will be published between now and January 29, 2023 when the full report will be published at the opening of the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.

In this interview, Mike Inglese, CEO of Aircastle, speaks to Joe O’Mara, Head of Aviation Finance at KPMG Ireland in New York in mid-October 2023.

Aircastle is a leading secondary market lessor that has operated for nearly two decades. It owns and manages 248 aircraft, valued at around $7 billion. The company is owned by Marubeni and Mizuho Leasing of Japan. Inglese was appointed to CEO from 2017. Prior to this, he was the company’s CFO from 2007.

Inglese shares his thoughts on how the demand for aircraft and the performance of lessors has benefited from the supply constraints facing the industry. In this interview, he also gives his perspective on how ESG may impact the lessor business in the future.

This discussion is the eleventh to be released in the 2024 series of Aviation Leaders interviews that will be published between now and January 29, 2023 when the full report will be published at the opening of the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2024 conference week.