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Learn about the roles of insurers, funding institutions and borrowers and why each of them should consider becoming involved with a new type of aircraft financing. 

Gerry Butler, chief marketing officer at Merx Aviation Finance, and Jep Thornton, partner at Aerolease Aviation LLC, are at it again for a 2022 rendition of ISTAT Debates. Heading into a new year, these two ISTAT Past Presidents once again debate the key aspects of recovery.

Listen in as Mylene Scholnick, principal at Amazon Air, and Bryson Monteleone, senior advisor of aviation finance advisory services at PwC Ireland, discuss the progress society has made over the past year.

Hear from ISTAT President Dean Gerber as he shares updates from 2021 and discusses the year ahead.

Join Lindsey Webster, vice president of asset valuations at mba Aviation, and Oliver Stuart-Menteth, managing director at Fintech Aviation Services SARL, as they share their perspectives on a wide variety of appraisal topics and thoughts on the evolving market.

Listen in as viewers took the opportunity to ask ISTAT Award Winner Adam Pilarski all the questions they’ve ever wanted to ask!

Bob Lange, head of business analysis and market forecast at Airbus, presents Airbus’ view of this critical sector for the global aviation industry and the long term growth prospects and potential challenges driven by rapid growth in e-commerce shipments, robust demand for manufactured goods among other factors.

Join ISTAT Certified Senior Appraisers Olga Razzhivina, director at Oriel, and Stuart Rubin, vice president and managing director of Aviation at ICF International, as they share their perspectives on the most pressing appraisal topics. 

Hear insights from Alton Aviation Consultancy’s Leah Ryan as she provides a health check on our industry’s eco system.

Learn all about the bright future of supersonic travel from founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, Blake Scholl.

This session features Bert van Leeuwen, managing director and head of research in the global aviation finance division at MUFG Bank, as he focuses on the dynamics in the world caused by COVID and its impact on commercial aviation, aircraft values and liquidity. 

Air cargo markets have been the bright spot of global aviation since the onset of COVID-19. Tom Crabtree, who’s dedicated his entire career at Boeing to this market, will discuss what has driven the current surge in revenues as well as the factors that will impact air cargo’s short and longer term prospects.