Orix Aviation joins AWG

Orix Aviation joins AWG

OECD (ASU Participants) to work with and assess AWG’s CTC compliance index

For an 18-month period, the OECD (ASU Participants) will work with and assess AWG’s CTC compliance index as a source of information in connection with its discretionary consideration of eligibility for the ASU’s CTC discount

GATS platform landing page activated in static form

GATS platform landing page activated in static form, which includes announcement of ‘simulated transaction period’ scheduled for 1-31 March 2020

AWG’s next general meeting - Tokyo

SMBC will host AWG’s next meeting (15 May 2020) at its Tokyo headquarters, that venue being selected given the increasing role of Japanese financiers and investors in the aviation sector.

AWG releases updated GATS e-terms

AWG releases updated GATS e-terms

AWG submits 5^th study on ASU

AWG submits its 5^th study to the OECD comparing financing under the Aircraft Sector Understanding with those in commercial markets.

AWG submits comments to OECD relating to tax treatment of GATS Trusts

AWG submits comments to OECD (during public consultation on GloBE) seeking fiscal transparency of GATS Trusts for tax purposes

GATS: Upcoming information sessions

AWG will hold the following information session on GATS:

Dublin (22 January 2020) at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers Conference

University of Cambridge, Unidroit and AWG announce agreement on CTC Academic Project

The University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, UNIDROIT, and AWG announce their agreement to continue the Cape Town Convention Academic Project (CTCAP).  Sir Roy Goode (emeritus professor, Oxford) and Rob Cowan (managing director, Aviareto) have been appointed senior advisers.

CTC compliance index formula

AWG finalizes CTC compliance index formula, definitions, and categories for initial release in February 2020. Please click here.