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 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") ...

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.

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 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 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.

The Civil Aviation Authority of the Cayman Islands, under the provisions contained in Articles 4 and 6 of the Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order 2013, has issued a Direction to restrict the use of small unmanned aircrafts...

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').

Partner and Head of Asset Finance, David McGovern, Of Counsel, Killian McSharry, Senior Associate, Michael Caulfield and Tax Of Counsel, Eimear Burbridge authored the "Ireland Law and Practice...

Ireland scores 86% and is in the lower risk category. The Cayman Islands scores 81% and is alsoin thel ower risk category.

This week in Hong Kong, more than 1,000 airlines, lessors and financiers from across the globe convened at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers conference to discuss the current trends