Aircastle sells 15.25% common shares to Marubeni; The current state of play in the global airline market; And what about Fastjet?

Aircastle sells 15.25% common shares to Marubeni On June 6, Aircastle entered into a definitive agreement with Marubeni Corporation for the issuance of approximately 15.25% of the lessor’s common shares, after giving effect to the issuance, at a price of $17.00 per share, for gross proceeds of approximately $209 million. The closing of the issuance is expected to occur during the second or third quarter of 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. DVB acted as advisor to Marubeni, while Goldman Sachs advised Aircastle. Ron Wainshal, CEO of Aircastle, says: “We are delighted to welcome Marubeni, one of Japan’s leading trading