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AMCK Aviation

AMCK Aviation

AMCK Aviation is a global aircraft leasing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with regional offices in Tokyo, Japan and Irvine, USA. A highly professional and disciplined global lessor with a focus on best in class service and innovative solutions, AMCK is focused on delivering expertise and long-term stability for our customers and partners. Backed by two of the world’s largest conglomerates, AMCK Aviation has 132 aircraft, with a total value of US$5bn, under management. A further 20 committed aircraft, including an orderbook with Airbus, shows our commitment to long term growth.
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AMCK Aviation is a partnership driven aircraft leasing company headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with regional offices in Tokyo, Japan and Irvine, USA.

AMCK Aviation brings the established leasing platformgas of both Accipiter and MCAP together to create a highly professional and expert global lessor with a focus on best in class service and innovative solutions. AMCK delivers long term stability for our customers and partners across the full aircraft economic cycle.

With 132 aircraft of total value of US$4.8bn – and a further 20 committed aircraft, including an A320neo orderbook with Airbus – AMCK is firmly placed in the top tier of aircraft leasing companies globally.

Relationships

Our core desire is to build lasting relationships with all our stakeholders.

At AMCK, we believe that long-term relationships are the cornerstone to delivering on our vision.

We focus every day on cultivating and developing our relationships across the aviation industry to ensure we remain at the forefront of our stakeholders’ needs in an ever-changing world.

Growth

AMCK Aviation is positioned for long-term sustainable growth.

Our powerful shareholders, high levels of liquidity and full-service platform position AMCK to be a long-term leader in the aviation leasing industry.

We are focused on young, new and existing technology including our order for 20 Airbus narrow body aircraft.

Financing

AMCK continues to diversify both its funding sources and financing solutions for customers.

Our experienced and highly skilled teams continuously innovate to ensure we remain at the forefront of providing financing solutions to our airline customers.

Our Team

Our full-service platform is led by a seasoned management team with more than 130 combined years of industry experience in lease origination, trading, asset management, technical management and risk diversification.

We have c.80 highly skilled professionals based across three offices in Dublin, Tokyo and Irvine.

With 45 Sale & Leaseback transactions completed since 2014, and sales of more than 25 aircraft in the last 2-3 years, AMCK has developed a track record as a reliable counterparty to airlines, lessors and the banking community.

Our capital markets team has been recognised with four awards for financing deals-of-the-year in 2016 and 2018.

Our Shareholders

Our strong balance sheet allows AMCK to utilise multiple pools of funding.

Our major shareholders are two global leading conglomerates who provide AMCK with a powerful financial base to deliver on our mission.

CK Asset Holdings, the majority shareholder, is a Hong Kong listed conglomerate that is rated A- by the major rating agencies and has an equity market capitalisation of US$20bn.

Mitsubishi Corporation is a Japanese listed trading company with three decades of experience in aviation finance. Mitsubishi Corporation is A- rated by the major rating agencies and has an equity market capitalisation of US$36bn.

Our Fleet

Our fleet comprises primarily young, in-demand narrow body aircraft, with a well-diversified customer base across the globe.

We own and manage 132 aircraft with a value of $4.8bn and an average age of 5.5 years. In addition, AMCK has an order with Airbus for 20 A320neo family aircraft. Our portfolio is focused on liquid aircraft types, with 93% of our portfolio value in narrow body aircraft and over 25% in new technology assets.

Our airline customer base is of the highest quality and well diversified across 38 airline customers and 22 jurisdictions.

Meet our team at the event

Gareth McCarthy

Gareth McCarthy

Administrator, Office Management
AMCK Aviation
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Ronan Kelleher

Ronan Kelleher

Chief Financial Officer
AMCK Aviation
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Sessions we are speaking at

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Follow the money: Who will finance the aviation recovery? | LIVE Q&A

Bob Morin
Managing Director,
AFIC
Ronan Kelleher
Chief Financial Officer,
AMCK Aviation
Benjamin Faires
Finance Director - Asia,
Boeing
Anyi Lee
Director - Global Structured Debt,
Citi
Moderator
Dickon Harris
Editor,
Ishka

What do delivery profiles look like over the next 3 to 4 years? How much money is needed and how much will it cost? Assessing the general availability of non-recourse bank debt and other financing options for leasing platforms Will there be a resurgence of OEM financing? How much will ECAs and private supported finance be involved? Do lessors expect to do any financing? What return do investors expect? Is there enough long term visibility to start lending further down the credit spectrum?

  • What do delivery profiles look like over the next 3 to 4 years? How much money is needed and how much will it cost? 

  • Assessing the general availability of non-recourse bank debt and other financing options for leasing platforms 

  • Will there be a resurgence of OEM financing? How much will ECAs and private supported finance be involved? 

  • Do lessors expect to do any financing?

  • What return do investors expect? 

  • Is there enough long term visibility to start lending further down the credit spectrum? 

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