Congratulations to the Aviation 100 Global Leaders Awards 2020 winners, which were announced at a gala dinner held during the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dublin 2020 conference last week.
Airline Economics hosted its Aviation 100 Global Leaders Awards, which honoured Thomas Hollahan as the recipient of our most prestigious award, The Face of Aviation, to recognise his significant contribution to the aviation industry after almost four decades in the business. The Face of Aviation award was introduced by Aengus Kelly, chief executive of AerCap, who described Thomas as “a great mentor, a great advisor, a man of great integrity and perfectionism”, who supported by AerCap when the company was starting out. He added: “Tom Hollahan brought the biggest bank in the planet into this business, which brought so many more with it. Everyone in this room owes this man a tremendous debt of gratitude.”
Accepting the award, Hollahan described the aviation industry as one where business relationships matter, which he and Citi has worked hard to maintain over many decades. Although now retired, Hollahan, said that he was “very proud to have had the opportunity to play a role in the history of aviation finance”, and wished the very best of luck to all those pursuing careers in this “great industry of ours that I love so much.”
The 2020 Aviation 100 Global Leaders Awards, also incorporated the Aviation 100 European awards, and two Asia-Pacific awards were also presented that were postponed from our Hong Kong event in November. The winning deals and companies are listed below – a more detailed report on all of the award winners will be published in the forthcoming issue of Airline Economics.
Aviation 100 European Awards | |
Aviation 100 European Lease Deal of the Year | JOLCO refinancing of two 747-400Fs for Cargolux |
Aviation 100 European Debt Deal of the Year | TAP €375m senior unsecured bond |
Aviation 100 European Supported Finance Deal of the Year | Balthazar French Lease for five Turkish Airlines aircraft |
Aviation 100 European Editor's Deal of the Year for Innovation | Green Financed ATR72-600 delivered to Braathens Regional Airlines, leased by Avation |
Aviation 100 European Overall Deal of the Year | British Airways $806m 2019-1 EETC |
Aviation 100 Asia-Pacific Awards | |
Aviation 100 Asia-Pacific M&A Deal of the Year | Tokyo Century’s acquisition of Aviation Capital Group |
Aviation 100 Asia-Pacific Editor’s Deal of the Year | MACH 2019-1 ABS |
Aviation 100 Global Leaders Deals of the Year Awards | |
Aviation 100 Remarketing Deal of the Year | AMS and EastMerchant Capital place one Boeing 747-400F aircraft with China Airlines |
Aviation 100 New Leasing Entity of the Year | Korea Transportation Asset Management (KOTAM) |
Aviation 100 Fund of the Year (New Fund) | Global Aviation Equipment Leasing fund |
Aviation 100 Fund of the Year (Long-Term Performance) | Investec Aviation Debt Funds |
Aviation 100 Equity Deal of the Year | Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA and CCB Leasing (International) Corporation Joint Venture |
Aviation 100 Debt Deal of the Year | NCB Capital Islamic Warehouse Facility |
Aviation 100 Capital Markets Deal of the Year | Horizon Aircraft Finance III ABS |
Aviation 100 M&A Deal of the Year | Sale of DVB Bank’s Aviation Finance division to MUFG and BOTL |
Aviation 100 Lease Deal of the Year | Castlelake $597.87m Secured Term Loan |
Aviation 100 Supported Finance Deal of the Year | JOLCO financing of one Boeing 787-9 aircraft for El Al Israel Airlines |
Aviation 100 Global Leaders Awards | |
Aviation 100 Law Firm of the Year | Pillsbury |
Aviation 100 Parts Supplier of the Year | AJW Group |
Aviation 100 Appraiser of the Year |
IBA Group |
Aviation 100 MRO of the Year | Lufthansa Technik |
Aviation 100 EditorDeal of the Year for Innovation | Virgin Atlantic Airways ACG-supported financing for one Airbus A350-1000 |
Aviation 100 Overall Deal of the Year (& Americas M&A Deal of the Year) | Sale & Financing of GE's PK AirFinance Loan Portfolio to Aurora Bidco (the entity formed by Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding in its agreement to purchase PK Airfinance) |
Aviation 100 Bank of the Year | Citi |
Aviation 100 Airline of the Year |
Finnair |
Aviation 100 Lessor of the Year | AerCap |
Aviation 100 CFO /Treasury Team of the Year | Geir Karlsen, Chief Financial Officer & the team at Norwegian |
Aviation 100 CEO / Industry Leader of the Year | John Plueger, CEO, Air Lease Corporation |
Face of Aviation | Thomas Hollahan |