Increased access to the capital markets has seen the return of aircraft ABS deals far sooner than anyone had predicted with issuances in 2021 close to pre-pandemic levels.

Airlines have discovered a novel way to raise capital during and following the challenging economic times of 2020 by using loyalty programmes as security against the debt.

An overview of aviation law in the Cayman Islands, including local registration, cross-border financing transactions, emerging trends and the year in review.

An overview of the Cayman Islands as a premier jurisdiction for aircraft registration.

In our advisory earlier this year we gave an update on our work with the Cayman Islands government to implement the Cape Town Convention.

In this article Jonathon Meloy, Donna Ager, Barnabas Finnigan, Stephen O'Donnell and Phillip Hinds examine why so many aircraft ABS transactions have been structured around a Cayman Islands Incorporated special purpose vehicle...

The United Kingdom Government is set to ratify the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol thereto on matters specific to Aircraft Equipment.

The ratification by the United Kingdom Government of the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the Protocol thereto on matters specific to Aircraft Equipment has been well publicised.

Navigating the Skies reviews top trends in aircraft financing and leasing, spotlights members of our global asset finance team and more.

The Cayman Islands Shipping Registry has achieved Paris Memorandum of Understanding 'White List' status for an 11th consecutive year.

The statutory deadline for filing CRS and US FATCA reports for the 2017 year of account was 31 May 2018. Notwithstanding this statutory deadline, the Department for International Tax Cooperation (the "DITC") ...

I wish the Board well in guiding MACI through these challenging circumstances, in order to minimise any impact on the authority's services to the public.

Donna Ager, Jonathon Meloy, Edward Rhind and James Kinsley explore the investment fund-based aircraft financing solutions and consider why these structures are providing so attractive.

The Cayman Islands Government has recently approved the Outline Business Case (OBC) for a new two finger pier berthing facility to accommodate cruise ships in George Town.

The Cayman Islands Aircraft Register provides a welcome solution to lessors and financers looking for a practical, cost effective and secure register.

The Cape Town Convention, as extended to the Cayman Islands, will meet the requirements for the Cayman Islands to have made the requisite qualifying declarations under the OECD Aircraft Sector Understanding

The expanding regulatory landscape in which special purpose vehicles (SPVs) that issue CLOs operate in, brings with it the need for ever more paperwork.

The Cayman Special Economic Zone (SEZ) recently created the Cayman Aviation Services Park to sit alongside the existing Cayman Maritime Services Park established in 2015

Walkers has again provided the Cayman Islands and Ireland jurisdiction summaries for the latest edition of Pillsbury's World Aircraft Repossession Index.

There are many reasons why an aircraft may require temporary registration and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands (the ‘CAACI') is open for transitional registration projects (‘Transition Projects').