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Cape Town Convention Academic Project – Conference on enforcement and dispute resolution in relation to CTC will be held on 27 – 28 September 2023, University of Cambridge
The Cape Town Convention Academic Project (CTCAP) – Conference on enforcement and dispute resolution in relation to the Cape Town Convention will be held on 27 – 28th September 2023 in Cambridge. The final program can be found here. To register click here.
In advance of the conference, on 26 September 2023, the CTCAP will hold its first CTC international moot court. That competition, between students from the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford and to heard before British High Court Justice Antony Zacaroli, addresses a cross-border dispute scenario with insolvency features. For more information, click here
Aviation Working Group presents the on ‘Cape Town Convention, past, present and future’ at ISTAT learning lab session
The secretary general of AWG discusses the ‘Cape Town Convention, past, present and future’ at the ISTAT learning lab online session
AWG to speak at Airline Economics – Tel Aviv on key industry items
AWG will speak on key industry items at Airline Economics Tel Aviv on 7 June 2023.
The Cape Town Academic Project (CTCAP) will host its first moot court event in Brasilia
CTCAP will host it’s first moot court event in Brasilia, Brazil on in June 2023. The purpose of the CTC moot court is to familiarize students and judges with CTC in the context of complex hypothetical fact patterns and to provide students with educational exercises involving these instruments in a simulated judicial setting.
Airline economics Dublin 2023
AWG presents at AE Dublin 2023 on ESG and Russia. This link is to a video of the AWG presentation on ESG and Russia given by AWG at the Airline Economics event in Dublin on 16 January 2023.
AWG to host Latin America regional event in Miami
AWG is convening a first and foundational full meeting of the Latin America regional committee (L-Committee) on 6 and 7 September 2022.
AWG has formed a Latin American Regional Committee (L-Committee) to enable the the group to o meet, share experiences, learn fromeach other, and help review and develop AWG legal advisory panel materials.
AWG will have a special session on the developments in impact leasing and financing in the Asia region
Hosted by the Airline Economics Conference in Singapore (9 November 2022), AWG will brief the industry on the application of Cape Town Convention in the insolvency and restructuring contexts, activities in cross-border transferability, and developments on the framework of ESG.
AWG to participate in CTC Academic Project Conference
AWG will participate in the 11th CTC Academic Project Conference held at Cambridge on 13-14 of September 2022, undertaken by UNIDROIT and the University of Cambridge.
AWG panel on ESG and aviation financing/leasing: AWG work for the sector
AWG will give a presentation on ESG and aviation financing/leasing: AWG work on the sector at the Airline Economics Dublin 2022 conference. More details fo the event can be found here.
AWG’s global update during c-19
ISTAT Americas – Austin November 2021
On 16 November 2021, AWG gave a presentation on AWG’s global update during c-19 From preserving creditor rights to foundational work on ESG. The presentation can be found here.
AWG update: c-19, airline restructurings, legal stability, ESG, and return to service
AWG gave a presentation on AWG’s global update at Airline Economics NY. A video of the event can be found here.
AWG update: C-19, airline restructurings, legal stability, ESG, return-to-service, GATS, and export-credit
Airline Economics C-19 Special London
20 September 2021
AWG panel on Aircraft finance and Covid-19, an update on AWG activities
AWG gave a presentation on Aircraft finance and c-19, an update on AWG activities. The presentation was given on 3 August at the Airfinance North America event in Miami. More details fo the event can be found here.
Cape Town Convention academic project -10th Conference
29 & 30 September 2021
The conference, which is widely seen as the premier CTC-related event will take place in the University of Cambridge University, United Kingdom on 29 and 30 September 2021. The program can be found here.
AWG panel on ESG: release and use of the AWG Carbon Calculator– AE Tokyo
AWG gave a presentation on ESG: release and use of the AWG Carbon Calculator. The presentation was given on 15 April at the Airline Economics virtual Tokyo event. A video of the presentation can be found here.
International insolvency: application of the Cape Town Convention to schemes of arrangement
AWG gave a presentation on International insolvency: application of the Cape Town Convention to schemes of arrangement. The presentation was given at the Airline Economics virtual Korea and Japan conferences on 14 April 2021. A video of the presentation is available here.
GATS benefits to secured lenders
AWG gave a panel presentation on the GATS benefits to secured lenders on 19 January 2021 at the Virtual AE Growth Frontiers Dublin 2021.
AWG global update presentation – AE Hong Kong
AWG gave a panel presentation on its global activities (including c-19, airline structuring principles, legal stability, ESG, return to service, GATS, and export credit) at the Airline Economics (virtual) event in Hong Kong on 4 November 2020
CTC academic project conference hybrid event 10 – 11 September 2020
The conference, which is widely seen as the premier CTC-related event, addressed, among other things, CTC compliance including in light of c-19 developments, assessment of CTC and schemes of arrangement, judicial breach of CTC, and European insolvency law and CTC. The final program is attached.
Regulatory stability through c-19, return to service, GATS, and ESG– Hong Kong at Airline Economics Conference
November 4th, 2020
More information on the event here
ICAO c-19 webinar series: Trusted communication facility (return to service) June 17th, 2020
A presentation on establishing a TCF – c-19 recovery (Aircraft Return to Service) was made during ICAO’s c-19 webinar series on 17 June 2020. The presentation and webinar recording can be found here.
AWG projects: ISTAT Austin
The avation finance – regulatory evolution panel addressed the main AWG projects. Information about the event can be found here.
GATS: Dublin at Airline Economics Conference
GATS: Oklahoma City
AWG held an informative session on GATS for the business aircraft community in Oklahoma City (8 January 2020)
Pictures of the event can be found here.
GATS: Hong Kong
GATS: New York
GATS: Dublin
AWG held a GATS informative session in Dublin on 17 September. Pictures of the event can be found here.
Latin American Regional Event
AWG, in association with the Brazilian National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) and supported by ICAO and UNIDROIT, held a major Latin American Regional Event on the Cape Town Convention and its Aircraft Protocol and cross-border transferability of aircraft (XBT) on 25 & 26 June 2019 in Brasilia, Brazil. A press release is attached. Please find additional information on, and images from, the event on the ANAC website.
African Regional Event
AWG, in association with the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and supported by ICAO and UNIDROIT, held an African Regional Event on the Cape Town Convention and its Aircraft Protocol and cross-border transferability of aircraft (XBT) on 19 & 20 June 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. Event materials, and the press release by SACAA relating to it, can be found here.