During a gala dinner at the close of the first day of the tenth Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Dubai 2022 conference, Philip Tozer-Pennington, managing director of Aviation News announced the winners of the Aviation 100 Middle East & Africa Awards, kindly sponsored by KPMG and ORIX Aviation.
The full list of winners is below. The biggest winner of the evening was DAE, which scooped best lessor in the region but also went home with several trophies for the many successful deals the team close in the 12 months to date.
Etihad Airways was once again crowed the Airline of the Year for the Middle East & Africa region, with Etihad's Adam Boukadida recognised as the foremost airline CFO in the region. Air Arabia's Adel Ali was recognised as the region's leading CEO for his stellar achievements over the past year.
K&L Gates was named as law firm of the year for the region, with Standard Chartered Bank in a throughly-deserved win as Middle East & Africa Bank of the Year.
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Airline Economics Middle East & Africa Aviation 100 Awards |
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| Middle East & Africa Airline of the Year | Etihad Airways |
| Middle East & Africa Lessor of the Year | DAE Capital |
| Middle East & Africa Bank of the Year | Standard Chartered Bank |
| Middle East & Africa Law Firm of the Year | K&L Gates |
| Middle East & Africa CEO/Industry leader of the Year | Adel Ali, CEO, Air Arabia |
| Middle East & Africa CFO/Treasurer of the Year | Adam Boukadida, CFO, Etihad Airways |
| African Lease Deal of the Year | DAE’s Operating Lease for two 737-800s to Tarco Aviation |
| Middle East Lease Deal of the Year | Flydubai – Sale & Leaseback of Five 737-8 MAXs |
| Middle East & Africa Editor’s Deal of the Year | DAE’s $500m Senior Unsecured Term Loan |
| Middle East & Africa Supported Finance Deal of the Year | Flydubai Finance Lease-backed Term Loan Facility |
| Middle East & Africa Debt Deal of the Year | DAE’s US$1bn Senior Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility |
| Middle East & Africa Overall Deal of the Year | DAE’s Navigator II $850m Limited-Recourse Senior Secured Warehouse Facility |