Fortress Leads $500 Million Credit Facility for Blue Raven, marking a significant financing transaction within the aerospace and defense services market and underscoring continued investor appetite for contracted, mission-critical aviation and defense platforms.
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Fitch Ratings has downgraded Wizz Air Holdings‘ Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) and senior unsecured rating to ‘BB’ from the previous ‘BB+’. Despite the downgrade, the outlook remains stable, and the Recovery Rating on the senior unsecured notes has been affirmed at ‘RR4’.
CDB Aviation, through its wholly owned Irish subsidiary CDBL FUNDING 1, has successfully priced a $700 million dual-tranche offering of senior unsecured notes under its $3.0 billion Medium Term Note (MTN) Program. The issuance, completed on May 20, 2025, marks CDB Aviation’s return to the international bond market after a four-year absence and supports its long-term funding diversification strategy.
LuminArx Capital Management, a U.S.-based investment firm focused on aviation assets, has revealed its intention to expand its aircraft portfolio from 16 to 50 aircraft in the near term. The firm is also preparing to enter the pre-delivery payment (PDP) financing space, along with establishing lending vehicles for other lessors, signaling a more comprehensive strategy in aircraft finance.
Cebu Pacific, the Philippines’ largest low-cost airline, has increased its ownership stake in 1Aviation Groundhandling Services from 40% to 60%, establishing a majority position in the company. The stake increase was achieved through a debt-to-equity conversion, allowing Cebu Pacific to deepen its influence over ground handling operations, which are essential to the airline’s service efficiency…
StandardAero, a U.S.-based aerospace MRO company, has announced that two of its primary shareholders — affiliates of The Carlyle Group (US) and GIC (Singapore) — intend to initiate an underwritten secondary offering comprising 30,000,000 shares of common stock. The proceeds from the offering will be received entirely by the selling shareholders, with StandardAero itself not receiving any portion of the proceeds.
Volofin Capital Management (UK) has announced the successful structuring and closing of a spares inventory financing facility for Virgin Atlantic (UK). The facility, valued at up to $100 million, will support Virgin Atlantic in managing and optimizing its aircraft spare parts inventory.
