Aviation and Aerospace Investors
Our aviation domain expertise, financial analysis and valuation acumen, and experience across all major market segments make Alton Aviation Consultancy uniquely qualified to support equity and debt investors.
Given the gravity and confidential nature of our clients’ investment decisions, our objectivity is paramount. It is therefore critical to our business model structure that Alton remains fiercely independent. We have no joint ventures, affiliations, or other business associations that would divert us from our singular mission – serving the best interests of our valued clients. As a result, we continue to earn considerable repeat business from a loyal client base.
FOR INVESTORS
Leading private equity firms, hedge funds, family investment vehicles, sovereign wealth funds, investment banks, and lenders have relied on our professionals for the most significant transactions in the aviation and aerospace markets. We provide a range of key commercial due diligence services:
- Independent assessments of the specific market structure, size, and drivers, as well as competitive landscape, market share, competition basis, and barriers to entry
- Positioning with customers and suppliers
- Assessing the achievability of business plans
- Uncovering risks and their mitigants
- Identification of additional value creation levers
- Assessing enterprise and asset values
- Collaborating post-closing with new owners and management to design 100- and 1,000-day strategic plans
FOR SELLERS
Because of our reputation for objectivity, sellers often retain our services to quantify market opportunities, benchmark historical performance, assess competitive positioning, project revenues and costs, and more.
FOR FINANCIERS
Many lenders, financiers, and rating agencies rely on our team members with certified appraiser accreditation. We offer independent and objective opinions about the value of assets that form the collateral for certain loans, as well as cash flows an enterprise may experience. Alton Aviation Consultancy also provides material support for restructuring, aviation asset repossession and re-marketing.
RECENT INSIGHTS
Aircraft Leasing & Financing Advisory, Aviation & Aerospace Investors
Untangling the growing web of aircraft transactions and values
By Adam Cowburn, Adam Guthorn, Brian Rynott, Isobel Fenton, John Mowry, Laetitia Achille | Article
There are many factors that influence aircraft values, but these factors can be complex. In a special white paper authored for the Airfinance Journal’s 2018-2019 Annual, Alton Aviation Consultancy authored...
Aviation & Aerospace Investors, MRO & Aftermarket
2019 Engine MRO Forecast & Industry Trends
By Jonathan Berger | Presentation
Alton Aviation Consultancy Managing Director Jonathan Berger was invited by Aviation Week to provide the keynote presentation at the annual MRO Asia Aero-Engine conference. The presentation included data-driven analysis with...
Aircraft Leasing & Financing Advisory, Airlines, Aviation & Aerospace Investors, Aerospace Manufacturers & Suppliers, MRO & Aftermarket
Commercial Aero-Engine Market Update & Analysis
By Adam Guthorn | Presentation
Alton Aviation Consultancy Director, Adam Guthorn, presented an engine fleet forecast and an overview of the engine leasing market at the Engine Leasing, Trading & Finance conference in London on...
Aircraft Leasing & Financing Advisory, Airlines, Aviation & Aerospace Investors, Aerospace Manufacturers & Suppliers, MRO & Aftermarket, Specialty Segments
Aircraft/Engine Fleet & Retirement Developments
By John Mowry | Presentation
John Mowry, Managing Director at Alton Aviation Consultancy, delivered a presentation titled “Retirements and Inductions – How are Fleet Demographics Changing?” at the Aero-Engines Americas conference, an annual event hosted...
Aircraft Leasing & Financing Advisory, Aviation & Aerospace Investors
Factors Influencing Aircraft Operating Lease Economics
By John Mowry | Presentation
At the Airline Economics: Growth Frontiers Dublin 2018 conference, Alton Aviation Consultancy’s Managing Director John Mowry led a session focused on the aircraft operating leasing economics. The presentation reviewed the...