Training



Aircraft Acquisition and Financing


Avoid the bad deal and identify opportunities for your organisation.


How You Will Benefit

  • Identify the critical issues when negotiating aircraft and equipment purchase agreements
  • Analyse the crucial terms in operating leases, such as maintenance reserves, return provisions, operating restrictions and defaults and remedies
  • Understand the nature of basic financial structures
  • Understand the issues pertaining to purchase contracts for new and used aircraft
  • Grasp the distinction between operating leases, finance leases and cross border, double-dip-leveraged leases
  • Refine your negotiating skills

Designed for

  • Legal counsels/advisors
  • Corporate Affairs executives
  • Fleet Trading managers
  • Leasing and Insurance analysts
  • Aircraft Asset Management directors
  • Contracts/Sales managers

Course Content

  • Legal status of aircraft - definition, characterisation, nationality and registration, jurisdiction, conflicting laws
  • Term sheets/letters of intent - legal effect
  • Aircraft purchase contracts new aircraft, warranties and exclusions; excusable and non-excusable delays; manufacturer support; performance guarantees
  • Used aircraft - 'as is, where is' indemnities, unrecorded liens
  • Operating leases - legal, financial and technical issues arising in the context of lease negotiations, quiet enjoyment, assignment, maintenance reserves, return conditions, possession and use, liens, indemnities and defaults and remedies, deposits
  • Export credit financing
  • Security, mortgages and pledges
  • Registration and bankruptcy 


Course availability

If a session is not listed below, this course is not scheduled for classroom delivery at this time.

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April 20 - April 23, 2010
Geneva, SwitzerlandClass No : 18612
August 23 - August 26, 2010
Montreal, CanadaClass No : 18613
November 01 - November 04, 2010
Delhi, IndiaClass No : 18614
Prerequisite(s)

Experience in the field of airline contracts and legal issues is recommended.

Diplomas
This course is :
Onsite Training
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