Apollo Aviation’s Co-Founder and President, Robert Korn, was honored with the prestigious Juan Trippe award by the Greater Miami Aviation Association (GMAA) on October 1, 2016.

Pascal Picano, SVP and Head of Global Marketing, Apollo Aviation Group, details the lessor’s recent experiences of trying to purchase and deploy 777 aircraft and specifically the -200, -200ER, -200LR and -300 types.

Since the founders of Airline Economics, Victoria and Philip Tozer-Pennington, are both aged under 40 years of age, and with some prompting from the industry, the magazine has launched an inaugural annual initiative to celebrate the younger members of the commercial aviation industry.

Lessors are not only concerned with the income generated by asset leases, but also the value of those assets on return. Retained value derives from several factors, with good record keeping an essential cornerstone.

Daniel Logan, director of portfolio management, Apollo Aviation Group, investigates the challenges of valuing aircraft with increasing passenger to freighter conversions.

Strong growth in demand for used surplus parts is forecast over the next decade as the maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) market grows. Part-outs make up around 80 percent of the supply of used parts with current demand estimated to be approximately $3.5 billion. The used parts market is projected to grow to $6.2 billion by 2023, resulting in an annual growth rate of 5.6 percent

Multi-strategy aviation investment company Apollo Aviation Group has raised $833 million for its third new avia- tion-related fund. The new vehicle, named SASOF III, is an institutionally-focused commingled private equity fund.