• Market and financial analysis
• Business strategy
• Buy-side and sell-side due diligence
• Channel and management checks
• Cash flow forecasting
• Aircraft underwriting and modeling

• Credit and industry analysis
• Mergers and acquisitions support
• Aircraft selection and order negotiation
• Pricing and risk analysis
• Aircraft appraisals
• Asset management

• Aircraft leasing start-ups
• Relaunches
• Investment funds
• Joint ventures
• Structured financings

• Trading transactions
• Portfolio sales
• Asset-backed securitizations
• Whole-company merger and acquisitions

• Commercial fixed wing
• Rotary wing (helicopters)
• Commercial passenger, cargo/freighter, charter, VIP
• Aircraft, airframes, engines, rotables, consumables/expendables

Alton Aviation Consultancy professionals have provided advisory services on many of the industry’s largest finance and leasing transactions, with aircraft at every stage of the life cycle.

We frequently begin with market analysis, using a range of proven, proprietary tools and frameworks. From there, we offer critical support at every step of the transaction and beyond:

• Pricing support, including lease cash flow forecasts and lease encumbered valuations
• Residual value projections grounded in reality and derived from statistical analysis
• Maintenance support evaluations to project the expected condition and maintenance cash flows during and beyond the current lease
• Comprehensive airline (or other counterparty) credit risk assessments, including asset analysis and strategy within the operator’s fleet, sovereign considerations and other critical factors
• Support for investment decisions through channel and management checks or buy-side or sell-side due diligence
• Aircraft appraisals and valuations by ISTAT-certified appraisers, leveraging proprietary databases and resources