In April 2014 GE was given permission to meet with Iran Air and supply parts to 18 engines that it had originally delivered in the late 1970s. This deal, which took place under temporary sanction relief, was the first approved
Geoffery Dillon-Leetch, an associate at Berwin Leighton Paisner, reviews the arrest of a Gulfstream G450 at Luton Airport. In Dubai Financial Group LLC v National Private Air Transport Services Company (National Air Services Limited) (2014 EWHC 4482 (Comm)), the Defendant
Louise Groom and Ellie Crespi-McCarthy, from Harneys, review the Cayman Island’s planned ratification of the Cape Town Convention Practitioners will be aware that the United Kingdom Government is set to ratify the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and
Mario Jacovides, partner and global head of structured finance at Allen & Overy LLP, looks at the UK’s recent ratification of the Cape Town Convention. Introduction The UK Government is set to ratify the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol
Gary Horowitz, an aviation and tax attorney at Wiley Rein, looks at why the US Tax Court denied an business aircraft owner “bonus” tax depreciation and what it means for the industry. The relevant facts are simple. On 30 December,
Matthew Harvey of Sarah Dyke of SNR Denton looked at the lastest lessons from the Olympic Airlines vs. ACG case
Juan Antonio Tiscareño describes some of the recent experiences that Martin Dale legal firm has acquired in litigation cases before Mexican courts, related to the applicability and effectiveness of one of the reliefs established in the Cape Town Convention.
It is possible for parties to an aircraft financing who register international interests in the aircraft (or its engines) at the Cape Town International Registry (IR) to transfer to somebody else the right to clear those registrations off the IR. This is known as transferring the right to discharge an international interest. Sometimes it is advisable to arrange for this transfer on an aircraft financing. Matthew Harvey and Sarah Dyke look at when and why this is the case.
As Russia finally joins the World Trade Organization, the partners at Debevoise Plimpton LLP look at the consequences for the Russian aviation sector.
