Cabot Aviation
 

 

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Cabot Aviation is a UK based aviation group providing a range of services worldwide to its clients. Our contact details are:

Cabot Aviation
40-44 Church Street
Reigate
Surrey RH2 0AJ
England

Tel: +44 (0)870 0347 747
Fax: +44 (0)870 0347 757
Email: ca@cabotaviation.com

 

The group has an international client base drawn from the airline and financial services sectors. The group's business philosophy is to develop strong and lasting relationships with its clients by providing an effective and professional service at all times.

Its management, whose aviation experience is complemented by career backgrounds in finance, banking and law, privately owns the group.

The principal activity of the group is:

Aircraft Remarketing

Its four additional activities are:

1] Aircraft Acquisition
2] Aircraft Wet Leasing - ACMI or Charter
3] Aircraft and Aircraft Lease Management
4] Aircraft Trading

Aircraft Remarketing

The need to remarket commercial transport aircraft from time to time is no longer confined to those who operate them. In today's aviation market the ranks of aircraft owners include airlines, financial institutions, lessors, private investors and managed funds.

Cabot provides comprehensive remarketing programmes for all types of commercial aircraft to a range of clients that reflects this contemporary spectrum of aircraft ownership. In every remarketing programme our objectives are:

* to identify potential buyers and lessees for the aircraft

* to be ahead of competitive aircraft

* to obtain the best possible sale price or lease rental, and

* to close the deal in an efficient and timely manner

As a remarketing programme develops, our clients are provided with regular updates and reports on the level of progress with specific potential customers and on general information relating to the market for the aircraft type. Through the supply of this information we believe that our clients will be able to build up an accurate picture of the world market for their aircraft type.

Our management and remarketing personnel have considerable aircraft marketing experience having successfully sold or leased numerous aircraft types to an international cross section of airlines and other aircraft operators.



1] Aircraft Acquisition

The acquisition of aircraft is not a daily event in an airline and therefore in general staff are not specifically dedicated to manage this task. Most management staff are busy with their day-to-day duties and do not have spare time to search the market in order to source the most suitable aircraft for their airline. Additionally the rarity of aircraft acquisitions means that these managers have not been able to build up their contacts in the market place and hence be able to find all of the available aircraft.

Cabot Aviation provides a comprehensive service for all types of aircraft sourcing and through its network of contacts and its market knowledge is able to match the most appropriate aircraft to the requirement. The acquisition of aircraft can either be on a sale, dry or wet lease basis.


2] Aircraft Wet Leasing - ACMI or Charter

The need to wet lease in aircraft is an issue that most airlines face at some point in their operation. The need can be for a variety of reasons, including but not limited to:

* scheduled maintenance of existing fleet

* seasonal variations in aircraft utilisation

* late delivery of new aircraft into the fleet

* ad hoc AOG problems with existing fleet

* commencement of a new route on a trial basis

Wet leasing can also be a very efficient interim solution for an airline which is seeking to obtain its own AOC. An interim wet lease can ensure that the airline meets its deadlines for the commencement of operations whilst it continues to process its own AOC application. Cabot is able to source suitable aircraft for this purpose and to identify airline partners that might assist new airlines to become operational in their own right in a shorter period of time.

There are many circumstances when you have a requirement for an aircraft and usually "TIME" becomes your greatest enemy and it is for this reason that our service is provided 24 hours a day, 365 days a year by our multilingual experts who have constant contact with aircraft providers from around the world.

The 24 hour ACMI contact number is: +44 (0) 7970 943384

Due to the volume of short term and ACMI business we provide for charter operators, we can be sure to achieve a more aggresive price than any airline approaching the charter operator directly would typically obtain. Access to our personalised database means we can have direct communication with the right personnel immediately in order to speed up response and provision of service.


3] Aircraft and Aircraft Lease Management

Cabot Asset Management

At Cabot we understand the needs of aircraft owners, operators, service providers and manufacturers. Throughout an entire project the technical consultants at Cabot serve the international aviation community through hard work, experience and knowledge with an emphasis on service and integrity.

Our Clients use our services and products to assist them in selecting, acquiring, operating and managing aircraft, spares, equipment and vendor services.

A combined management, technical and operational background, along with years of hands on Airline and Maintenance Providers business experience, enables Cabot's consultants to provide clients definitive direction in making informed cost effective decisions about their aviation assets.
The majority of Cabot's consultancy is providing lease agreement delivery/redelivery contract review, management and hands on technical assistance in the aircraft leasing environment.

Cabot believes that the understanding, evaluation and management of the compliance of the technical conditions at 'start of lease' and 'return off lease' is without doubt one of the most important financial factors often underestimated in the heat of commercial pressures to take delivery of aircraft.

Our Consultants have experience and detailed knowledge on all Boeing, Airbus, British Aerospace and Fokker commercial aircraft and the majority of other commercial aircraft manufactured in Europe and the USA.

An introduction to each of Cabot's Consultants is given in the Individual Profiles section of our web site which outlines their career background and areas of specialist knowledge and expertise. Below is an overview of the main managerial and primary technical services Cabot can provide to it Clients.

General Asset Management Issues
Aircraft, Equipment & Aviation Advisory
Aircraft Finance & Leasing Technical Advisory
MRO Sourcing and Evaluation
Aircraft Valuations
Lease Return Compliance
Pre-lease or Pre-purchase on site inspections and detailed condition reporting
Technical Records Review, Analysis and Auditing
Technical Representative Supply on and off site during all types of Aircraft and Engine Maintenance
Engineering Support and Approval Control (FAA, CAA (UK) & EASA)
Maintenance Planning and Bridging Formulation
All Aspects of Maintenance Provisioning including Interior Re-configuration
Full Analysis of AD, ASB, CPCP, ISIP and Ageing Aircraft requirements
LOPA Development, Costing and Re-configuration Project Management
Aircraft Repossessions
Aircraft Acquisitions
Aircraft Completions
Scanning and Electronic Archiving of all Active and Historical Aircraft Records
Maintenance Contract Negotiations and Mediation
Damage Assessments
Aircraft Accidents and Incidents Evaluation and Reporting
Expert Witness work for Aviation based court proceedings.
Market Research for Technical Decision Making.
Airline / Lessee Operational Assessment and Advisory
Reconstituting or Rebuilding of Lost Aircraft Technical Records
In summary, Cabot offers a unique blend of consulting services to both the business and commercial aviation markets. Knowledge, experience, integrity and communication are the cornerstones of our consulting activities. We look forward to providing a high value, bespoke solution to all your aviation related requirements.

 

4] Aircraft Trading

Cabot has developed an aircraft trading activity that is focused on identifying opportunities to acquire commercial transport aircraft whose economic value is greater than their current market value.

Such aircraft may require refurbishment or conversion to an alternative utilisation or may simply be perceived as a less popular aircraft type with a limited market. By applying its commercial, technical and marketing experience, Cabot aims to realise the differential between the aircraft's market and economic values.

Cabot Aviation funds such trading projects through a mix of shareholder equity, third party project investment and commercial loans.

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