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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. 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:
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.
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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. 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:
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 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. 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
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. |