Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) has financed two A321neo aircraft for Mexican-carrier Viva Aerobus, marking the first French optimised lease financing completed in Latin America.
Ciprian Rodriguez, fleet executive director at Viva commented: “The French optimised lease supports our disciplined fleet growth strategy, strengthening our ultra-low-cost business model by reducing the ownership costs of our fleet.
Natixis CIB structured the transaction for Viva as a French optimised lease combined with a commercial loan.
The bank acted as mandated lead arranger, structuring agent, facility agent, security trustee and lender.