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Aviation working group (AWG) is a not-for-profit legal entity comprised of major aviation manufacturers, leasing companies and financial institutions that contributes to the development of policies, laws and regulations that facilitate advanced international aviation financing and leasing.
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AWG is comprised of leading aviation manufacturers, financiers, and lessors. Uniquely, it brings these three perspectives to bear in addressing aviation financing and leasing topics.
AWG Events
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.