Best cross-border airline or lessor financing by a Chinese borrower/issuer of the year 2017: cross-border A380 lease deal

摘要

Mauritius-based lessor Veling has opened the door to additional future financings with one of China's biggest banks following this Airbus A380 refinancing. Anuj Kathuria, then chief commercial officer, told Airfinance Journal in January 2018 that, while pricing was an attractive factor on the deal, the deal was more about opening new markets. "It's opening that new source of financing," he said, adding: "Emirates has so many aircraft coming in and many of the banks we talk to have a lot of Emirates risk on their balance sheet. Obviously, pricing is always a factor, but the reason for us to put in so much effort was the new financing opportunities from CDB."