The private aircraft financing market in China has matured over the past several years with many sources of funding available for those wishing to purchase airplanes according to the experts here at ABACE. “I don’t think there is any lack of financing alternatives available,” said Jeffrey Lowe, general manager of aircraft ownership consultancy Asian Sky Group. “Pretty much all the international lenders are here and all the Chinese lender banks are involved in business aviation as well. A lot of them have set up leasing arms, so they are all diving in head first.”
Evidence of that maturing of the aircraft financing industry is clearly visible according to Jahid Fazal-Karim, a long-time aircraft sales executive and partner of international aircraft broker Jetcraft (Booth P712.) “They’re pretty smart here and they are getting smarter and smarter in deal structuring,” he told AIN. “They’re doing lease deals and classic financing deals [so] I don’t think they have anything to envy from major western banks.”
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