Plenty of aircraft buyers are well qualified and still can’t get a deal financed. The reason usually isn’t credit. It’s that the aircraft is a few years past a lender’s age cutoff, the buyer sits outside a bank’s core geography, or the ownership structure spans more than one jurisdiction.
As Ben Hockenberg, Chief Investment Officer at JSSI Aviation Capital, put it to AvBuyer earlier this year: “The people most constrained by traditional lending aren’t the riskiest — they’re the least conventional.” With roughly 25,000 business jets in service and only a fraction inside the typical eight-to-ten-year financing window, that leaves a lot of good aircraft underserved. In the interview, Ben explains how JAC puts JSSI’s four decades of maintenance and residual-value expertise behind its underwriting, offers the full range of structures under one roof, from loans and leases to bridge, PDP, and sale-leaseback, and partners with banks and other lenders when a deal needs speed, capacity, or a different balance sheet.
Read the full feature on AvBuyer.
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JSSI Aviation Capital (JAC) provides flexible, asset-based financing solutions to owners and operators of business aircraft. JAC’s critical difference in lending is its ability to harness JSSI’s deep understanding of the aircraft maintenance life cycle and asset values to structure financing. Whether you’re navigating a straightforward acquisition or a complex cross-border transaction, connect with our team to learn more.
