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Experience: There is No Substitute / By Marc Cho

Experience: There is No Substitute / By Marc Cho

I have been fortunate to work with some amazing professionals across a spectrum of institutions over the first 20 years of my career in aviation. While it is cliché to say there is no substitute for experience, I have come to appreciate that adage even more since joining GA Telesis. Over the past five years, it has become very evident that investor interest in the aviation sector has never been stronger and new capital continues… Read more

The Aviation Industry is at Home in the State of Florida / By Abdol Moabery

The Aviation Industry is at Home in the State of Florida / By Abdol Moabery

While flying home from a business trip a few days ago, I ran into a few industry colleagues which led me to think about the vast amount of aviation companies based in the state of Florida. Then I wondered about the level of the aviation industry’s impact on the state of Florida’s commercial and industrial infrastructure. After a little research, I learned that the aviation and aerospace industry has long been a key driver of… Read more

The Power of Passion / By Jason Reed

The Power of Passion / By Jason Reed

Over the last 19 years, I have been fortunate enough to work with some of the most talented and professional people in the aviation industry. They come from all ranks such as visionary leaders, office personnel, warehouse staff, and legends in the industry. Through all of the trips to the office, travels to meet with customers, and meetings at conferences, I am never short of awe as to the talent and hard work that people… Read more

You Plan Your Holiday, Why Not Your Career? / By Jeffery Kramer

You Plan Your Holiday, Why Not Your Career? / By Jeffery Kramer

From my almost twenty years of experience in publicly traded and private companies, there is one thing I have found in common. Most companies stop hiring around the holidays and it takes them several months to get going after the new year. While most businesses are in the middle of a hiring freeze for the holidays or are ready to close their books for the year, we are in full swing looking forward to making someone’s… Read more

GA Telesis and Czech Airlines Technics Sign Letter of Intent to Form Partnership

GA Telesis and Czech Airlines Technics Sign Letter of Intent to Form Partnership

October 4, 2017 – Fort Lauderdale, Florida and Prague, Czech Republic  GA Telesis, LLC (“GA Telesis”) and Czech Airlines Technics (“CSAT”) today announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) to form an integrated supply chain partnership to support GA Telesis’ new ATR fleet iGEAR support service. With today’s announcement, GA Telesis will begin providing ATR fleet operators with an integrated flight hour support program with CSAT providing repair and consignment pooling in… Read more

A Vicious Cycle or No Cycle at All / By Abdol Moabery

A Vicious Cycle or No Cycle at All / By Abdol Moabery

The airline and aviation industry is evolving — and rapidly. Far are we from the days of the 8-10 year repetitive cycle that caused sector-wide devastation. If we look back at the last 30 years, the industry down-cycles have been brought forth by events such as regional and global recessions, oil price spikes, terrorism, disease epidemic and of course airline labor issues. Today, I sat through an aviation investment panel with six industry experts and my… Read more

GA Telesis Announces Launch of $500 Million GAIN 2 Fund

GA Telesis Announces Launch of $500 Million GAIN 2 Fund

GA Telesis Announces Launch of $500 Million GAIN 2 Fund August 8, 2017 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and New York, New York – GA Telesis, LLC (“GA Telesis”) and Wafra Capital Partners Inc. (“WCP Inc.”) jointly announced today that GA Telesis has raised a new $500 million investment vehicle from institutional and private clients advised by WCP Inc. to establish a second aviation investment vehicle focused on aircraft and engine investment opportunities.  This capital raise… Read more

GA Telesis Announces Another $1 Billion of Funding Capacity to Support its Expanding Inventory Leasing Business

GA Telesis Announces Another $1 Billion of Funding Capacity to Support its Expanding Inventory Leasing Business

August 2, 2017 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – GA Telesis announced today the launch of a specialty finance unit, Structured Credit Products (SCP) to focus on structured financial solutions for airline, MRO, and OEM customers.  The initial focus strategy will be inventory leasing.  Going forward SCP will explore other aviation finance products including originated secured lending, trading in public and private debt, and investments in other aviation related financial instruments.   SCP will be led by… Read more

GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation Launch $1 Billion New Technology Engine Leasing Initiative

GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation Launch $1 Billion New Technology Engine Leasing Initiative

August 1, 2017 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA and Tokyo, Japan – GA Telesis and Tokyo Century Corporation announced today the launch of a new technology engine financing initiative focusing on a select group of new technology jet engines.  GA Telesis has been an industry leading engine lessor since its inception in 2002 and has consummated well over 1,000 engine transactions. The new joint initiative will enhance GA Telesis’ current technology engine leasing business by… Read more

GA Telesis Closes New $225 Million Syndicated ABL Credit Facility with Oversubscription and Tighter Pricing

GA Telesis Closes New $225 Million Syndicated ABL Credit Facility with Oversubscription and Tighter Pricing

June 19, 2017 – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida – Leading Aviation Company GA Telesis, LLC (or the “Company” announced the closing of a new five year, $225 million ABL credit facility led by HSBC Securities USA and Fifth Third Bank as Joint Lead Arrangers. The company originally sought a new $200 million facility. Due to overwhelming interest from existing and new banks, however, the company upsized the facility with better terms than its previous credit facility. The facility comprises… Read more