Firm News
RPK Capital Leases One Airbus A320-200 to Monarch Airlines
January 17, 2014 – Chicago, IL | RPK Capital Partners, a leader in aviation investment management, announced today, a new leasing opportunity with Monarch Airlines. Monarch Airlines has taken delivery of RPK Capital Partners Airbus A320-200 aircraft. “Monarch...
read moreRPK Capital Partners issues Class B and E Certificates
April 4, 2014 – Chicago, IL | RPK Capital Partners, a leader in aviation investment transactions, has issued both Class B and E Certificates against its American Airlines’ aircraft-secured loans. In October of 2012 RPK lent American Airlines $268 million secured by...
read moreRPK Capital Partners sells 757-200s to Fortress
January 17, 2014 – Chicago, IL | RPK Capital Partners a leader in aviation investment transactions, has sold two Boeing 757-200 aircraft to Fortress Investment Group. Both aircraft are currently on lease to Delta Air Lines and are operated under United States...
read moreRPK Capital Partners issues Class A Certificates
August 1, 2013 – Chicago, IL | RPK Capital Partners, a leader in aviation investment transactions, has issued Class A Certificates against its American Airlines’ aircraft-secured loans. In October of 2012 RPK lent American Airlines $268 million secured by 10 mid-life...
read moreCarlyle Group backs Raff’s new aircraft-leasing fund
by John Pletz | June 5, 2010 | Crain's Chicago Business | Jim Raff is swooping back into the aircraft market, looking for bargains and packing a $600-million bankroll from private-equity giant Carlyle Group. He's hoping to repeat the performance of his last fund,...
read moreCarlyle to invest $600m in aviation JV
by Jeremy Lemer | April 22, 2010 | Financial Times | The Carlyle Group intends to invest $600m in a joint venture that will buy commercial aviation assets around the world in the latest sign of a gradual thaw in the battered aviation finance markets. Carlyle, the...
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