Natixis CIB Aviation Team Supports CDB Aviation’s Latest Portfolio Financing

Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking’s Asia Pacific Aviation team acted as Coordinator and Mandated Lead Arranger for CDB Aviation’s latest financing facility, which secured a portfolio of 13 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, valued at approximately US$ 660 million.

A long term client of Natixis, CDB Aviation is a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing Co., Ltd, with a fleet comprising 399 owned, managed, and committed aircraft, and a global customer network comprises 74 lessees across 37 jurisdictions.

Natixis has supported the evolution of CDB Aviation’s business through the years, with tailored funding solutions.

“Despite the tough market conditions and headwinds facing the aviation industry as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, CDB Aviation has continued to build on its long-term ambitions and deliver significant momentum. Natixis is proud to support their development and to have played a role in this latest portfolio financing. With more than 40 years’ expertise and understanding of the aviation industry, we are well-positioned as a partner of choice, to provide innovative solutions to clients such as CDB Aviation, supporting them at every step of their journey” said Jean Chedeville, Global Head of Aviation Finance