Finance

HALO Concludes First Deal with Announcement of a Credit Facility for Republic Airways to Finance a Portfolio of CF34 Engines

HALO Concludes First Deal with Announcement of a Credit Facility for Republic Airways to Finance a Portfolio of CF34 Engines

April 13, 2023 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Tokyo, Japan – HALO AirFinance (“HALO”), a joint venture between GA Telesis (“GAT”) and Tokyo Century Corporation (“TC”), closed a credit facility for Republic Airways, a market-leading US regional airline, to finance a portfolio of General Electric CF34-8E engines. This is the inaugural transaction executed under HALO’s first fund HALO One, which was launched last month in partnership with InterVest Capital Partners. “Republic Airways is a market leader in the regional airline sector,… Read more

GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation Announce the Launch of HALO AirFinance, a Direct Aviation Lending Platform

GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation Announce the Launch of HALO AirFinance, a Direct Aviation Lending Platform

  March 4, 2023 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Tokyo, Japan – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) and Tokyo Century Corporation (“TC”) announce the launch of its new joint venture lending platform, HALO AirFinance (“HALO”). HALO will serve as the exclusive debt origination channel for GAT and TC, with a focus on secured direct lending to airlines, lessors, and investors, covering the collateral spectrum from new to mid-life aircraft. HALO will be uniquely positioned in the aviation… Read more

GA Telesis Announces the Delivery of Second B737-800SF  Freighter Conversion to Compass Cargo Airlines, Bulgaria

GA Telesis Announces the Delivery of Second B737-800SF Freighter Conversion to Compass Cargo Airlines, Bulgaria

August 10, 2021 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the delivery of its second B737-800SF (MSN 28826) passenger-to-freighter (“P2F”) conversion to Compass Cargo Airlines, Bulgaria. The aircraft was delivered from Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (“AEI”) authorized Conversion Center, Commercial Jet, in Miami. This follows the delivery of the first B737-800SF freighter to Ethiopian Airlines in March 2021. GA Telesis’ Leasing, Investment, Financing & Trading (“LIFT”) Group has achieved great success since announcing… Read more

GA Telesis Announces an Agreement for the Acquisition of a Fleet of 777-300ER Aircraft

GA Telesis Announces an Agreement for the Acquisition of a Fleet of 777-300ER Aircraft

March 2, 2021 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis has signed an agreement to acquire a fleet of 777-300ER aircraft powered by GE90-115B engines with an undisclosed seller. With the world’s leading aviation ecosystem and given the relative size of the acquisition, GA Telesis’ plan for this fleet will encompass a broad strategy of aircraft leasing, engine leasing, as well as airframe and engine part-out. According to Marc Cho, President of the LIFT (Leasing,… Read more

GA Telesis Engine Strategy Group Appoints Katy Zhao as Director of Business Development China

GA Telesis Engine Strategy Group Appoints Katy Zhao as Director of Business Development China

November 12, 2020 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the appointment of Katy Zhao as Director of Business Development China with the Engine Strategy Group. GAT is stepping up its global presence with both talent and strategic operations as part of its Company’s Turbine Vision 2020 (“TV 2020”) strategy. Zhao is one of several industry pros recently to join the Engine Strategy Group as the scope of TV 2020 grows. Zhao… Read more

Accounting for Success by Brittney Falls

Accounting for Success by Brittney Falls

Growing up, I was always fascinated by businesses and their operations, specifically how some companies fail, while others find ways to succeed no matter the challenges. When I started college, I was placed in an accounting course by my guidance counselor. I was so intrigued I changed my major to accounting that same semester. As I ventured out into the workforce, I was lucky enough to join the GA Telesis accounting team. Early in my… Read more

The Value of Lean by Ben Macre

The Value of Lean by Ben Macre

To ensure our customers’ success, GA Telesis strives to offer the best value in engine and airframe component repair across our ecosystem.   One of the strategies we use in the MRO Services division is the implementation of Lean practices. The American Society for Quality (ASQ) defines Lean as a set of management practices to improve efficiency and effectiveness by eliminating waste. The core principle of Lean is to reduce and eliminate non-value-added activities and waste.… Read more

Aircraft Finance in a Post-Covid World – What Does the Future Hold for Aircraft Leasing & Finance? / by Marc Cho

Aircraft Finance in a Post-Covid World – What Does the Future Hold for Aircraft Leasing & Finance? / by Marc Cho

After several years of substantial and often aggressive capital entering the aircraft finance and leasing market, many wonder what the aircraft finance market will look like in a post-Covid world? The bond market for new aircraft Asset-Backed Securitization (ABS) deals is closed for 2020, and many agree it will be closed for 2021.  To gain some perspective for the size of the vacuum that will create: there have been over 40 commercial aircraft ABS transactions… Read more

GA Telesis Appoints Eric Dollman, Vice President of Leveraged Finance Group

GA Telesis Appoints Eric Dollman, Vice President of Leveraged Finance Group

November 15, 2018– Fort Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis, LLC (“GAT”) announces the appointment of Eric Dollman as Vice President of its Leveraged Finance Group. Eric Dollman brings nearly 20 years of experience in the transportation finance and leasing sector to GAT.   Dollman joins GA Telesis from Amur Capital Management, where he led the fixed and rotary-wing aircraft business for over four years.  His previous positions include American Express Co., where he led the global… Read more

Tokyo Century Corporation and All Nippon Airways Trading Company to Acquire Significant Stake in GA Telesis

Tokyo Century Corporation and All Nippon Airways Trading Company to Acquire Significant Stake in GA Telesis

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, October 1, 2018 – GA Telesis, LLC (“GA Telesis” or “the Company”) announced today that its current shareholder Tokyo Century Corporation (“Tokyo Century”) along with All Nippon Airways Trading Company (“ANATC”)[1], have collectively entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all shares held by Global Principal Finance Company LLC (“GPFC”)[2]. Tokyo Century’s ownership after the closing of the transaction will increase to 49.2% and ANATC will acquire a 10% interest in the… Read more