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Emerging Entrants
China, Middle East at lead of new funding sources
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The recent financial market turmoil has helped accelerate some fundamental change among the leading sources of commercial aircraft financing. One involves the ongoing shift of regional influences on the business of aircraft financing. Long the domain primarily of the West’s financial community, today’s aircraft financing marketplace is becoming much more diverse, reflecting the nature of the current airplane market demand. “As with air travel being very closely linked with the world’s economies, so is aircraft finance,” says Kostya Zolotusky, managing director of capital markets development for Boeing Capital Corporation, the aircraft manufacturer’s financing arm. Zolotusky explained that those regions of the world with significant account surpluses and thus, a lot of banking system liquidity, also tended to be the most powerful players in aircraft financing. (See “Evolution of Aircraft Banking” chart.) “We saw that dynamic in the 1980s when the Japanese banks took over from the U.S. banks as primary sources of aircraft. Japan’s economy was running a tremendous account surplus, and the banks there were flush with liquidity and needed to deploy capital. As they realized that aircraft offer a great investment opportunity, they became market makers,” Zolotusky said. When Japan’s economy stagnated in the late ‘80s timeframe, its banks significantly reduced their aircraft financing footprint. At the same time, Europe’s economies were burgeoning and its banks were feeling very strong, leading to them becoming the dominant aircraft financiers.
“Today, as you look around the world for the regions running significant account surpluses and whose banking systems are becoming very liquid, what you’ll see are the emerging parts of the world, clearly led by China,” Zolotusky said. China has enjoyed its status as the largest emerging market for the last two decades. In some respects, it has almost become a fully developed market, but it still has a lot of continued running room in terms of high GDP growth. “China’s bankers have been participating in aircraft financing in a very material way since about 2002 by primarily focusing their resources on financing deliveries to Chinese carriers,” said Foster Arata, BCC’s vice president for Asia and Greater China who, with his team, is based in Hong Kong. Boeing has been actively helping the Chinese develop their aircraft financing and leasing industries since 2004. Boeing’s latest market outlook reports that China is expected to be the largest market outside of the U.S. for new aircraft over the next two decades. As its liquidity surpluses grow, increasingly China is also becoming a larger force in aircraft financing and has begun moving into the global aircraft financing arena. “For 2009, the Chinese banks and lessors did a fantastic job of successfully financing all of the country’s aircraft deliveries as well as closing on a large number of sale and leaseback transactions with some of the best credit airlines in the industry.” Arata said. The list includes providing financing for deliveries to airlines in the Republic of Korea, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia.
“Today, as you look around the world for the regions running significant account surpluses and whose banking systems are becoming very liquid, what you’ll see are the emerging parts of the world, clearly led by China.”
– Kostya Zolotusky – BCC’s managing director of capital markets development
China is believed to have done $4 billion to $6 billion in aircraft financing for all manufacturers in 2009. Its 2010 contribution is expected to be lower due to reduced deliveries by the manufacturers. In addition, as the Central Government exits a period of heavy stimulus support in favor of a more sustained longterm growth, it has affirmed a target of reducing new loans year over year by 22 percent. For the near term this is likely to slow lending and increase the spreads required by Chinese banks.
Middle East Growth
According to BCC’s Zolotusky, a dynamic similar to China’s exists in the Middle East, with the region facing challenges around
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A Message from the President
Contents
Calendar/News
Q&A: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
ISTAT Shines in Orlando
The State of Aviation Finance
A Closer Look: Airbus A380
Cargo Conversion Candidate Aircraft
Emerging Entrants
Help Yourself
Bavarian Splendor
Flying Higher
Aircraft Appraisals
From the ISTAT Foundation
Advertiser.com/Advertiser Index
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Cover2
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - A Message from the President
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Contents
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - 6
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Calendar/News
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - 8
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Q&A: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - ISTAT Shines in Orlando
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - The State of Aviation Finance
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - A Closer Look: Airbus A380
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Cargo Conversion Candidate Aircraft
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Emerging Entrants
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Help Yourself
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Bavarian Splendor
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Flying Higher
Jetrader - May/June 2010 - Aircraft Appraisals
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Jetrader - May/June 2010 - From the ISTAT Foundation
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